This week, Fremont, Nebraska residents passed a local anti-immigrant measure that aims to ban hiring or renting to “illegal immigrants.” Unlike the laws passed in Hazleton, Pennsylvania and Farmers Branch, Texas, this law was enacted by voter referendum. Otherwise, though, the law is pretty similar to its predecessors — it requires local employers to use [...]
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More Anti-Immigrant Ordinances
June 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · AS, Immigration, Supreme Court
Tags: ACLU·anti-immigrant measures·anti-Latino measures·Ellis Island·Farmers Branch·Fremont·green card·Hazleton·illegal immigration·immigrants' rights·Immigration·immigration reform·Jim Crow·Latinos·local immigration enforcement·MALDEF·Nebraska·New York City·New York Times·Obama Administration·Pennsylvania·slavery·Texas·undocumented immigrants
Godsend
June 16th, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Arts and Entertainment
Sad news this week. God decided to smite Touchdown Jesus (or as some refer to him, Big Butter Jesus). Touchdown Jesus was hit by lightning and burned completely to the ground, leaving only a steel frame behind. What are the possible implications of this smiting?
Burning Man is over.
God 1, Jesus 0.
Jesus tiring of more subtle [...]
Tags: Big Butter Jesus·burning·Burning Man·God·Jesus·Judaism·lightning·miracle·Ohio·smite·smiting·Touchdown Jesus
Good News!
June 13th, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Technology
Although it seemed at first that the iPad would only ever be shown in the pale, well-manicured hands of wealthy whites, Apple now appears to be wooing the the non-white hipster market. Thanks to my local bus stop for the update. (And no thanks for anything else, stupid bus stop.)
- AS
Tags: advertising·Apple·bus stop·hipsters·iPad·Juliette Lewis·Macintosh·marketing·white people
Other Bills Not Worth Reading
May 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AS, Law and Justice, Politics
We have already said a few things here about how dumb Arizona is with its unreadable laws against all things Latino. But lost in the discussion of racial profiling is this other creepy law Jan Brewer signed regarding public school curricula. Arizona schools are now forbidden from having courses which “promote the overthrow [...]
Tags: ACLU·after-school club·Arizona·education·ethnic studies·First Amendment·Immigration·Jan Brewer·Jim Crow·Old South·public education·race·racial bias·racial profiling·racism·segregation·students·Tom Horne·Tuscon·white people
Which One is Arizona Again?
April 29th, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Immigration
I wholeheartedly support the decisions of state and local governments to boycott Arizona in order to protest that state’s new anti-immigrant law. Unfortunately, after reviewing Gawker’s helpful guide to the boycott, I realized I have unknowingly been on a lifelong boycott of Arizona and all things Arizonan. The only thing about boycotting Arizona that really [...]
Tags: anti-immigrant measures·Arizona·boycott·boycott Arizona·Gawker·gorge·Grand Canyon·Immigration·racism·San Francisco
Happy Bigotry Day
April 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AS, Immigration, Politics
Happy Bigotry Day, everyone! Today we should all follow in the lead of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and justifiably call someone a bigot.
In case you haven’t heard, Brown got caught calling a British woman named Gillian Duffy a bigot when he didn’t realize his microphone was still on.
Several things are funny/infuriating about this story. [...]
Tags: apologies·Arizona·bigot·Bigotgate·bigotry·Bigotry Day·British Prime Minister·gaffes·Gillian Duffy·Gordon Brown·Immigration·Mexicans·Russell Pierce·U.K.
Jan Brewer, Everyone
April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Immigration, Politics
Here’s a little treat to get you through this lonely time without us – Jan Brewer, governor of Arizona, stumbling all over herself in defense of Arizona’s new immigration bill:
Q: What does an illegal immigrant look like?
A: [Awkwardly laughs.] I do not know. I do not know what an illegal immigrant looks like. I can [...]
Tags: Arizona·discrimination·Immigration·immigration bill·Jan Brewer·racial profiling·SB 1070