homojabi:[a tweet from farwz (@farwzz) that reads: not all Muslims/refugees will be doctors and scie
homojabi:[a tweet from farwz (@farwzz) that reads: not all Muslims/refugees will be doctors and scientists. some of us are dropouts, drive taxis, work at corner stores. we still deserve life.] We need to deconstruct the good/bad migrant dichotomy. It just plays into respectability and assimiliationist politics that migrants are only deserving if they adhere to white supremacist and capitalist standards of worth. “You are only welcome if you’re a good one of these…” I’d go even further that folks who’ve committed crimes also deserve to be here. Many folks have gone through the criminal justice system because of racial profiling/ have committed crimes due to poverty, etc. Regardless, citizens also commit crimes and receive a chance to be rehabilitated. So, why should migrants have to face a double punishment of going through the criminal justice system and then being deported. I think this is also important to keep in mind as these folks are the first ones being targeted and deported as of late in the United States. -- source link