Senior Legal Policy Advisor
Senior Legal Policy Advisor
Democracy Forward
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Breanne Justine Palmer, Esq.
Breanne Justine Palmer, Esq.
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Advocate and Attorney Making Progressive Policy Accessible and Irresistible
Advocate and Attorney Making Progressive Policy Accessible and Irresistible
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The following post is the final part of my 2017 Black Immigration Primer! I delve into the impact of former President Donald Trump’s early executive orders on Black immigrants, the consequences of which are still being felt today.
It seems like ages since 45 (the former President of the U.S.) issued a volley of executive orders affecting various areas of our lives. Here, I want to talk about the two versions of the Travel Ban (a.k.a. the #MuslimBan) and how they target Black immigrants, Muslim immigrants, and Black Muslim immigrants. The travel bans live at the intersection of anti-Blackness and Islamophobia.
First, some terms and their definitions. Anti-Blackness (also known as anti-Black racism) is what it sounds like: systems, policies, beliefs, and behaviors that are “resistant or antagonistic to Black people or their values or objectives.” We often see anti-Blackness in other communities of color. Some argue that assimilation into American culture is predicated on embracing anti-Blackness (in order to succeed in America, one must separate oneself from Black people and violently oppose Black people’s success). Islamophobia is a “dislike or prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force.” It’s important that anti-Blackness and Islamophobia are not merely individual beliefs; they encompass power of the systemic kind. Anti-Blackness and Islamophobia result in harmful, deadly policies and wars.
It’s safe to say that 45 and his administration are a number of things (misogynistic, racist, unethical, evil, and so forth) but they are also distinctly anti-Black and Islamophobic. 45 and his minions’ embrace of anti-Blackness and Islamophobia produced two Travel Bans that harmed hundreds of people. Let’s discuss them in turn. Read more on my blog!
#blackimmigrants #muslimban #africanban #45 #xenophobia #islamaphobia #antiblackness
http://www.breannejpalmer.com/blog/black-immigration-primer-part-iii
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Thanks Breanne!
Most recently, Black Americans in Jacksonville have reacted to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s promotion of racism, guns, and White Nationalist myths. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjo1euz_IGBAxWBFVkFHXvnCdIQFnoECBYQAQ&url=https://www.npr.org/2023/08/28/1196305761/desantis-jacksonville-vigil-booed&usg=AOvVaw0S6ZRq1nLipLNzpK2reN_T&opi=89978449
It’s going to take more than $1 million in “security assistance” to a HBUC and $100k to victims’ families to cover up the far right GOP’s responsibility for promoting racism and hate crimes in America. And, the war on immigrants of color is a key part of the racism, Islamophobia, and misogyny that has found a home in the far right of today’s GOP!
Indeed, as I have pointed out on many occasions, MAGA’s hate-fueled campaign to eliminate individual rights in America started with Trump’s lies and distortions targeting migrants of color from Mexico and elsewhere! That’s why Dems’ overall failure to engage with the GOP on immigration, and to vigorously and proudly defend migrants’ rights, has such tragic implications for American democracy!
🇺🇸 Due Process Forever!
PWS
08-2-23