Xenophobia And Ideology

‘Our Wall’; written by Charles Bowden; is one of the essays focused on border problems, especially with the illegal immigrants and smuggling; and the wall to prevent the same. The author is an American non-fiction author, journalist, and essayist who mainly depicts the realism, and presents it to the society with the hope of change. In this essay, ‘Our Wall’, he cites the wall is made by U.S in order to control the illegal immigrants from Mexico. The essay collects views and comments before and after the establishment of wall of the people from both sides. This essay seems to be in against of the wall, which generally breaks up the personal ties and humanitarian relationship of the people in and out of the wall, and the wall stands still

In order to dehumanize a group of people, there must first be a clear separation between who is the “us” and “them.” The conservative documentary Border War: The Battle Over Illegal Immigration (2006), takes the viewer into the lives of several people who are impacted by the growing issue of undocumented Mexican immigrants crossing the The Mexico–United States border. This film creates a one-dimensional or single conception of undocumented immigrants through the use of language, such as “illegal” or “alien” and various other combinations. Another method is through the imagery it showed while there was dialogue being said. Most of the imagery in this film creates a narrative that undocumented Mexican immigrants are violent and a threat to Americans. Additionally, the sympathizers and protesters against border reform were portrayed as anti-American radicals. The production of this documentary was not only used to direct our view of undocumented immigrants to a single account, but also to establish false truths that turn undocumented immigrants into a “them.”

The article I read, named “Jr’s Latest: A Child Caught Between the U.S.-Mexico Border by Melena Ryzik was about a French artist named JR who installed his first piece in Mexico. The piece was of a little boy whose eyes were looking over the Mexican barrier that borders San Diego County. It was said that the boy was almost holding onto his mother’s body. The idea of this piece came to JR in a dream. His piece was not directed to the Trump administration, but it has caught attention to the eyes of the public. Since Trump moved to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals this week, it has even more attention.

Richard Misrach captures the tone of a stark and bleak reality with the darkening clouds and the barrenness of the wasteland in his photo of Wall, East of Nogales, Arizona. He is making a statement about the issues that the U.S. and Mexico have long had. The image displays a wall surrounded by desolation with a path by it’s side leading off toward the darkening clouds. The wall continues until it melds with the wasteland. The path is joined by a smaller path that merges into it. After it goes over a hill, it disappears. The clouds darken when approaching the horizon. The yellow and brown weeds and grasses of the hilly plains leads to forbidding mountains. There is a small light post on the wall. All in all, it is a depressing sight to see. Richard Misrach is implying that the future of the U.S. and Mexico is bound together and will see dark times before reaching an impassable obstacle if there is no change in their policies involving each other. Everything in the image

In this CAP, I will address both sides of the argument over the introduction of a wall built on the southern border of the U.S. The U.S borders with Mexico, which spans over 2,000 miles from California to Texas. Issues have arisen with not having a secure border, which includes: illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and other breaches that reduce our overall security. George W. Bush, signed the Secure Fence Act of 2006, which mandated the construction of almost 700 miles of fences along the Mexican border. This act also introduced the expansion of vehicle barriers, checkpoints, and technological systems designed to monitor the boundary. The current fencing has two sections. The primary fencing, which is typically 18 feet high, while the secondary

As everyone know, the president of the United States Donald Trump has been wanting to finish building the wall between the United States and Mexico. In the article "Walled Off: by Mary Kate Frank, she say, "As the U.S. moves forward with plans to build a wall along it's southern border, Mexico is pushing back. Mexico and the U.S. share a long, turbulent history, but ever since August when President Trump met with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, all of the arguments and problems have evolved around the wall. Nations have built walls on borders for thousands of years, but it's just now becoming a problem.

The South Wall symbolizes the future of Mexico with progress and

Members of the Tohono O’odham in Arizona believe the wall would impede the traditional ease which members of the tribe have moved across the borders for cultural, social, and spiritual change. The Environmental group, Sierra Club, US Fish and the Wildlife Service believe the wall will destroy protected wildlife refuges, also believe the future endanger threatened species. The Mexican government voiced its opposition concerning the wall, leaving Americans concerned about future political divisiveness between the countries” Driscoll Sally & Bourassa, Cheryl.

The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America in simple terms protects Americans from irrational searches and seizures made by government officials in situations where one would expect a certain degree of privacy. Except if the official suspects probable cause, in which case they can, legally search you or they could obtain a search warrant from a judge that allows a police officer to search for specific items at a particular place and time. However, most government officials allow their biased views and racist thoughts to penetrate into their work and make them the gears social injustice. In recent news most of the social

Borders are ubiquitous; some are physical, others are not; some are rigid, others are not, but all have the same purpose, that is, to prevent two groups from interacting in a particular way. The border that exists between the United States and Mexico is no different, as author Leslie Marmon Silko can attest to in her work Border Patrol State. Even though her work is dated by roughly two decades, her message still persists, perhaps more clearly now than ever, in light of presidential candidate, Donald Trump’s, proposal to construct a multi-billion dollar physical border separating Mexico and the US. This topic is analyzed by comedian John Oliver’s in his piece, Border Wall where he, similarly to Silko, describes the asinine struggle the government

This year’s election cycle brought heated debates and discussions about many things; “the wall”, free trade, NAFTA, immigration issues, borders security and policy issues. Regardless of which side of the political isle you stand, which way the political winds sway in Washington D.C., one thing is certain not to change with the election cycle, and that is, the actual physical border between The United States and Mexico. Therefore, if we can’t change that, and we can’t, then there needs to be solutions to problems that continue to exist between the two sovereign countries. Trade and Security are two of the most important factors for neighboring countries and they must not be ignored. Beyond just good political, diplomatic, and strategic vision it is important to understand there are cultural, education and diversity complexities which takes tremendous and often times delicate maneuvering to come together for the greater good of both economies and governments, as millions of people rely on successful trade agreements and security.

What is nativism and xenophobia and how are they being expressed in today’s society? (20 points)

In building a border wall, the United States is expressing its material resistance to the emergence and persistence of transcultural social space, especially its challenges to U.S. social and cultural practices. (Aguirre Jr - Simmers 102)

With that, a regional spirit of racism and bigotry is felt from the neighbor. The speaker scorns his neighbor’s wall building antics, but has no choice but to settle with them. Ironically though, the speaker is way more involved and indulged with the annual repairing of the wall more so than the neighbor. The speaker tends to “bug” the neighbor about the wall in a way and comes off very clingy. He seems very excited about repairing a wall that he despises. The speaker sets the day they will repair on the wall together and also informs. Regardless of the, dubious attitude that the speaker gives off, it seems that he is more tied to the mending-wall tradition, more than the neighbor. The speaker comes off more of a modern man, while the neighbor is stuck in ancient, with building a “wall”. However, the speaker is no different from the neighbor; he likes his privacy and his sense of ownership.

There is the perception of the Icelanders that always come across the foreigner which is they being a bit withdraw and uncommunicative because usually they did not accept the excessive of the cheerfulness and the smiles that normal when greeting the other person. For the foreigner, Iceland is not the easiest places because there is not many foreigners that working in Iceland. The population in the Iceland is least racial because mostly over 93% are Icelanders but they are actually culturally aware. The country have a strong educational system. There is a few foreigner that stay in there so it always happen when they ignored about other cultures. When doing the business activities in Iceland, we need to be prepared the experience that different with our own cultures.