Tag: immigration
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In real-time: here are some folks tweeting about DACA
Living in Mississippi, you sometimes get the feeling that being an immigrant is the equivalent of perpetually screaming into the void. This doesn’t mean that no one is organizing around immigrants’ rights in the state, but as I will never get tired of mentioning, most people who get paid to do this work tend to be…
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Call me by my name: Voting in Mississippi (as a naturalized citizen)
There’s a lot I can say about being an immigrant in Mississippi, but I’ll focus on something small for now. One of the major things new immigrants have to deal with in Mississippi is that people don’t get our names. I can’t speak to other communities, such as people from the Middle East or India,…
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Machu Picchu while brown
I never really thought about traveling as something I could do. Like any woman of color, when you see blonde influencers and their green juices (I have nothing against the green juices), you start to believe you can’t do this. Even worse when you’re being a digital nomad with a precarious budget and almost…
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