Last Thursday, I took a fairly easy exam comprised of questions I already had had available online. I’m pretty sure I did great, as did every other person who I heard talk about it. Everyone seemed to be from an upperclass South American background based on attires and accents. I know some of the attendees even travelled to New York City from their home countries … Continue reading Week 5: “Many a citizenship”
What makes an American citizen? Is an undying love for football, burgers, and SUVs? Is it that eternal optimism and that insatiable ambition that so many exude? Surely, our answer does not matter so long as the title of citizenship is granted by institutions that have been historically controlled by the same group. Take for example that it’s only those in power who have the … Continue reading A Brief History of Exclusion
“Citizenship” is a term which does not often undergo questioning or challenging by those who have never had to fight for it. For those of whom, like myself, were born with citizenship, it is often perceived as just another description of our personhood. For instance, I am a mixed-race, multi-ethnic, female-identifying, straight, cis-gendered, American citizen. I want to challenge the term “Citizenship” (as I understand … Continue reading Week 5: “Citizenship” as a force (and form) of Exclusion
Today, around 9:00AM, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will not hear the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) case at this time. As such, the U.S. Supreme Court bumped President Trump’s appeal of a federal judge’s January 9th injunction on the administration’s ending of DACA to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, where the case is expected to go through the normal appeals process, … Continue reading Week 5: Why a DREAM Act isn’t Enough
Migration, Refugees & the Politics of Sanctuary 