American-ness

American-ness

The layers of privilege and racialization in the service industry through “front of the house” and “back of the house” positions illustrate how the privileged…

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"If you're not American, then you're Mexican"-Shirong

“If you’re not American, then you’re Mexican”-Shirong

As a member of the Latinx community, I had so many different thoughts on the various points Dr. Alexander highlighted in her publication. There is…

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Front vs Back of House Work and "Whiteness"

Front vs Back of House Work and “Whiteness”

An interesting common thread between the two articles was “this idea of labor without citizenship, as well as an uncanny recurrence of imperial formations that…

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Social and Structural Limitations in the Workforce

Social and Structural Limitations in the Workforce

                 According to the 2015 census there are 55.4 million people identifying as Hispanic. This number excludes all…

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Behind the Scenes of Migrant Work

Behind the Scenes of Migrant Work

This idea of having a certain image in the work field sounded more than familiar to me, not just because i have observed it while…

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Impeding Progress

Impeding Progress

Heath Cabot spoke diligently about what makes a region “hot” and speaks to the sly irony of the EU’s Dublin System – how it appears…

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Critique: The Effectiveness of a Social Media Campaign

Critique: The Effectiveness of a Social Media Campaign

Social media has given rise to a new form of advocacy and awareness for many social justice issues. The power of globalization through social media…

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The Commodity Identity: Labor Exploitation and Convict Lease Parallels

The Commodity Identity: Labor Exploitation and Convict Lease Parallels

One of the phrases that really resonated with me from this week’s reading on Migrant “Illegality” in the United States was the stigmatization of Mexican…

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The "Illegality" of the Labor System

The “Illegality” of the Labor System

Nicholas P. De Genova brings up many interesting points in his review Migrant “Illegality” and Deportability in Everyday Life that described his views on what…

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The Issue With Paperwork

The Issue With Paperwork

Within the paper “Migrant “Illegality” and Deportability in Everyday Life” the author, Nicholas De Genova, touches upon a key point about cultural differences we talked…

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