Are you making a distinction between the general and the universal ?
Actually, I said the U.S. policy is riddled with racism. I am not sure I would say the U.S. policy IS racism. Max or somebody will jump on the logic of it. Some racism is not anti-immigration. Perhaps you mean ALL anti-immigration is racist.
I can't think of any anti-immigration that would not be pernicious, just now, but it seems to me some anti-immigration might be national chauvinist and not so much specifically racist. There are national antagonisms that are not especially racist. But I am not thinking of any reason to dwell on this distinction because, as I say, I can't think of non-pernicious examples.I am mainly familiar with U.S. immigration policy, so I would have to think and study some to speak to immigration on an international level. It seems that French anti-Arab immigration is racist.
I was not involved in that aspect of the BRC. In fact, I only went to the feminist workshop , because I had to leave early. I am a rank and file member and I have not really been involved in any of the writing of the Agenda. I have sent in comments. If you elaborate your comments , I will send them to one of the leading collectives.
Hey, is deconstruction sort of destructive creation ?
Charles Brown
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Chaz, I'm glad to hear you answer in the affirmative. but a slight quibble:
I would not say that anti-immigration *in general* is riddled with racism. I
would say that anti-immigration is racism. we might discuss this some more,
but I'm interested in any attempt to coordinate action between African
Americans and Mexican Americans over immigration. from memory, the brc
hedged a statement on immigration, I'm assuming because it was internally
unable to come to an agreement on this. has this changed?
Angela
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>btw, Chaz, do you think anti-immigration is a racist position?
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>Chas.: In general I would say very much so. For example, we had the contrast
between the U.S. turning away Black Haitian immigrants fleeing oppression and
drowning in flimsy boats and the U.S. welcoming with open arms White
immigrants from the European Socialist countries. The biggest racism is
against Mexican immigrants especially in the southwest. The immigration
quotas are against Africans and for Europeans. Recently the U.S. Supreme
Court has allowed total disregard of the due process rights of many Arab
immigrants, based on racist and national chauvinist discrimination. I'd say
the U.S. immigration policy is riddled with racism