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GRITtv: Mallika Dutt: Narratives on Immigration and Race
"There is still anxiety around our first African-American president," says Mallika Dutt, executive director of Breakthrough. As immigration becomes a major issue once again, issues of race and citizenship get blurred together, and media narratives contribute to the confusion. Mallika also notes that it is easier to crack down on immigrants (sending ICE to check up on workers cleaning up BP's mess) than oil companies, and that activists around these issues need to work together as civil disobedience rises around the country.
Email this pageGRITtv: Is Immigration Reform Dead?
Immigration reform is hardly the front page issue it was one year ago, even though thousands of immigrants end up in detention centers every year. More than 90 immigrants have died in detention in the last few years and the cost of maintaining these facilities is about $1.7 billion. The facts on the ground haven't changed, so where does the movement stand? And is there a real possibility for reform under Obama? Roberto Lovato, Associate Editor at New America Media, Mallika Dutt, Executive Director of Breakthrough, Ravi Ragbir who spent two years in immigration detention and is a member of Families for Freedom, and Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director of America's Voice on the state of immigration reform.
GRITtv: July 1, 2009
Is Immigration Reform Dead, Radical Harlem, and The Uptake on Al FrankenImmigration reform is hardly the front page issue it was one year ago, even though thousands of immigrants end up in detention centers every year. More than 90 immigrants have died in detention in the last few years and the cost of maintaining these facilities is about $1.7 billion. The facts on the ground haven't changed, so where does the movement stand? And is there a real possibility for reform under Obama?Roberto Lovato, Associate Editor at New America Media, Mallika Dutt, Executive Director of Breakthrough, Ravi Ragbir who spent two years in immigration detention and is a member of Families for Freedom, and Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director of America's Voice on the state of immigration reform.Then, Jeffrey Perry on one of America's great black intellectuals and radical voices. In the first part of a two volume biography, Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918, Perry examines the life of a forgotten radical activist, journalist, and public figure whose short life reveals much about early 20th century America. Finally, The Uptake’s Jason Barnett on the resolution of the Al Franken-Norm Coleman senate saga. What happened? And what does it mean? Thanks to Naomi Klein and Breakthrough for video in tonight’s show.
GRITtv: Hate Crimes & Immigration Policy Roundtable: What Can the Government Do?
Most Americans agree our current immigration policy is not working - how to deal with it garners far more debate. As government mulls over ways to improve policy, the list of recent hate crimes continues to grow: three police officers shot Pittsburgh last April by a white supremacist, Dr. Tiller's assassination in Wichita, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting. Can the government reform our immigration policy while taking strong measures to curb the violence? Joining us in studio today are Mallika Dutt, Founder and Executive Director of Breakthrough: Building Human Rights Culture, Rich Benjamin, senior fellow at DEMOS and Author of Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America and Leonard Zeskind, a longtime civil rights activist and Author of Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream.
