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Right-wing Populist Conspiracism Rebounds
By Chip Berlet
The Public Eye, Spring 2008
The same right-wing populist fears of a collectivist one-world government and new world order that fueled Cold War anticommunism, mobilized opposition to the Civil Rights Movement, and spawned the armed citizens militia movement in the 1990s, have resurfaced as an elaborate conspiracy theory about the alleged impending creation of a North American Union that would merge the United States, Canada, and Mexico.1
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One Raid at a Time: How Immigrant Crackdowns Build the National Security State
By Roberto Lovato
Web only, spring 2008
“He [King George] has erected a multitude of new offices and set hither swarms of officers to harass out people and eat out their subsistence.”
The Declaration of Independence, 1776
I. Building Up the Domestic Security Apparatus
Most explanations of the relentless pursuit of undocumented immigrants since 9/11 view it as a response to the continuing pressures of angry, mostly white, citizens.
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Judicial Watch Glories in Victories over Undocumented Workers
By Eleanor J. Bader
The Public Eye, Spring 2008
To enter the world of Tom Fitton, President of the conservative, D.C.-based group, Judicial Watch, you’re going to need to forget the stories you’ve heard about hardworking immigrants being torn from their U.S.-born children and deported to their countries of origin. You’ll need to forget tales of workplace raids and anecdotes about people deported for driving five miles above the speed limit. You’ll also need to forget about the 185,431 people who were deported in 2006.
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"Visions and Motion" Elliott Pinkney
Neighbourhood Pride Program 1992-1993
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L.A. Story
From the July/August issue of Colorlines
By Tarso Luís Ramos
In a new article for Colorlines magazine, PRA research director Tarso Luís Ramos takes on a deluge of news stories claiming that Latino gangs are "ethnically cleansing" their African American neighbors in Los Angeles. While there is some racially motivated violence, Ramos argues it is far from "ethnic cleansing" and progressives should stop promoting the myth.
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| L.A. Gang Violence Not "Ethnic Cleansing"
Are Latino gangs targeting blacks in a rampage of "ethnic cleansing"? PRA Research Director Tarso Luís Ramos challenges this myth on the radio show Urban Journal.
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Racial inequality remains deeply embedded within U.S. social and economic structures, even as its forms and justifications are in flux. Claims to white racial superiority, though not entirely dead, were largely washed aside by the civil rights struggles of the '50s and '60s. Since that time, so-called "colorblind" racism has become the dominant racial ideology in the United States. Opposition to affirmative action, indigenous treaty rights, and other government programs is commonly justified with the claim that equal rights among racial groups have been achieved and that we as a society are, or should be, "beyond race." This belief in the diminishing importance of race makes it more, not less, likely that stark racial inequalities will persist since they will remain unchallenged.
To bolster their colorblind rhetoric, some sectors of the Right promote spokespeople – and provide patronage to conservative intellectuals and institutions – from communities of color.
Growing immigration, especially from Latin America and Asia, threatens whites' numerical majority, and, along with the government's massive post-911 campaign of racial profiling, is inspiring a nativist and white supremacist backlash. Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have also experienced resurgence since the 911 attacks.
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