Four Narratives to Avoid when Advocating for Immigrants

There's a lot of talk about immigration these days with the ping pong ball of DACA and 45's recent heinous remarks about immigrants from Haiti and Africa. Check out this fantastic Blog Post by Educational Linguist, Nelson Flores on the unintended consequences of four discriminatory narratives used to counter xenophobia. As he writes, "We live in a sociopolitical context where the dehumanizing of immigrants is pervasive. It can be easy to fall into taps that accept this framing of the debate. It behooves those of us interested in advocating for immigrants to be vigilant to reject this framing in the narratives we produce."