FROM http://mediamatters.org
should we even be surprised at foxnews? given the fact that they cater to a racist audience?
The Fox Nation linked to an article reporting on how
“Republican lawmakers in Congress are sponsoring a bill that seeks to abolish birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to illegal immigrant parents” using the headline, “GOP Targets ‘Anchor Babies.’” Several media outlets have identified the term “anchor babies” as, in the words of the Rocky Mountain News, “derogatory, even racist, because it implies that Hispanics are having children as a way to stay in the U.S.”
Several media outlets have identified term as “derogatory,” “pejorative”
Rocky Mountain News: Term “considered by many to be derogatory, even racist.” An August 2006 Rocky Mountain News article reported of children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants: “Opponents of illegal immigration call them ‘anchor babies’ - a term considered by many to be derogatory, even racist, because it implies that Hispanics are having children as a way to stay in the U.S.”
San Diego Union-Tribune, Reno Gazette-Journal: Term is “pejorative.” An April 2006 San Diego Union-Tribune article stated that an anti-immigration activist “dismissed teens marching in Los Angeles as ‘probably part of the anchor baby-boom of the late 1980s and 1990s,’ using a pejorative term for the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.” Likewise, an October 2008 Reno Gazette-Journal article reported that “[s]ome opponents of illegal immigration call such children ‘anchor babies,’ a pejorative term that implies the child will serve as an ‘anchor’ for his or her illegal immigrant parents, preventing the parents’ deportations and acting as a pathway to citizenship for the whole family.”
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A Look Back at Political Opportunist and How they use Xenophobia
Politics is a nasty thing sometimes and the North American Swine flu is no exception from being used by politicians and people with an agenda. for most people with an unbiased view of things it would be clear that lots of B.S was made about the connection of immigrants and swine flu. but for most racist it cant be seen. its must be the brain they have that lacks any objective thinking.
if you look at history you can see that immigrants are an easy target for people looking for a scapegoat , most are racist people.
just look at Racist Republican Michael Savage