Stopping the Volatility of the EU

Stopping the Volatility of the EU

Blog: What’s Wrong with Innocence, by Miriam Ticktin, spoke about the binary effects of viewing certain migrants/refugees as innocent. This perception, although seemingly harmless, distinguishes…

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Moving and Changing Innocence

Moving and Changing Innocence

Much of what how we discuss migration is if and how much a migrant deserves resettlement into a new country. In our class discussions, we…

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Borders and Innocence

Borders and Innocence

In a group interview, someone asked if borders are necessary and if we should have them. This question may seem like it has a simple answer,…

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Critique- Realm to the Rescue

Critique- Realm to the Rescue

The media I have chosen to critique is the Realm to the Rescue fundraising campaign. This campaign was started by the International Rescue Committee in…

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Identification and Innocence?

Identification and Innocence?

It is natural to realize and easy to understand why people think that refugees and other migrants who seek safety from persecution are seen as…

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Innocence and Migrants

Innocence and Migrants

Miriam Ticktin’s “What’s Wrong with Innocence” puts in one place a set of complete and coherent thoughts relating to the idea of innocence and what…

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Aid from a distance

Aid from a distance

I think the “Whats wrong with Innocence” article is one of my favorite articles that we have read this semester. I was especially moved by…

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The "Deserving" Refugee

The “Deserving” Refugee

I found Ticktin’s piece about innocence especially expressive. She touches on many of the complexities we’ve discussed in class about the way migrants and refugees…

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Innocence

Innocence

Miriam Ticktin’s post “What’s Wrong with Innocence” reinforced some of the points that we discussed last week in class. How migrants and refugees are portrayed,…

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Mental Image Matters

Mental Image Matters

As the weeks go on, I am progressively learning how truly complex the Migrant crisis is. No wonder it is so hard to “fix” ;…

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