[lbo-talk] migration & "submission"

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Wed Aug 6 20:15:30 PDT 2008


Seth Ackerman wrote:
>
> > I think this piece sidesteps a deeper question. By focusing the argument
> on whether Silmi's niqab does or does not signify her submission to men,
> it leaves open the possibility that court simply made an error of fact
> when it rejected her citizenship application. An underlying question
> left unresolved is: would it be legitimate for the court to deny
> citizenship to migrants whose patterns of gender relations really do
> signify submission in some patently outrageous way. Is that legitimate
> grounds for denying citizenship?
>

Open Borders. A left that quibbles over immigration criteria is no left.

Carrol



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