Italy, Albania and the myth of a European migrant crisis • Lea Ypi on her family’s flight across the Adriatic — and why framing migration as a problem endangers democracy

 

Italy, Albania and the myth of a European migrant crisis

by Lea Ypi 

Immigration...

Thanks to immigrants, the US won 75% of Nobel prizes in 2023. Without them, we only would have won 25%.

High skilled immigration is a policy lever for more innovation unlike anything else. Oh and its free. pic.twitter.com/AhCaRylBMQ

— Adam Ozimek (@ModeledBehavior) October 4, 2023

..., And the stupids drowning in their own thoughts...

 

"Western" values pic.twitter.com/p11fhu5brd

— Daniel Dumbrill (@DanielDumbrill) September 28, 2023

NYTimes Opinion • How Italians Became ‘White’ By Brent Staples

via Howard French @hofrench

How Italians Became ‘White’ , an American story. @BrentNYT https://t.co/x4QguPGKEQ

— Howard French (@hofrench) October 12, 2019

Congress envisioned a white, Protestant and culturally homogeneous America when it declared in 1790 that only “free white persons, who have, or shall migrate into the United States” were eligible to become naturalized citizens. The calculus of racism underwent swift revision when waves of culturally diverse immigrants from the far corners of Europe changed the face of the country.

As the historian Matthew Frye Jacobson shows in his immigrant history “Whiteness of a Different Color,” the surge of newcomers engendered a national panic and led Americans to adopt a more restrictive, politicized view of how whiteness was to be allocated. Journalists, politicians, social scientists and immigration officials embraced the habit, separating ostensibly white Europeans into “races.” Some were designated “whiter” — and more worthy of citizenship — than others, while some were ranked as too close to blackness to be socially redeemable. The story of how Italian immigrants went from racialized pariah status in the 19th century to white Americans in good standing in the 20th offers a window onto the alchemy through which race is constructed in the United States, and how racial hierarchies can sometimes change.
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If the Italians with their HUGE cultural baggage DID "struggle" to get into the CLUB is not enough for you to stop using that token - WHITE, you are __________ (fill in the blank!)

Grey Bull || Eddy Bell

'Grey Bull' Short Film from Khoby on Vimeo.

When Martin, a South Sudanese refugee, happens upon a bull he believes is his spiritual totem, he decides to rescue it from the abattoir he works in. Once home, the bull begins to jeopardise Martin’s family’s chance at fitting in. Martin is torn between his ancient cultural identity and his family’s new life in Australia. Written & Directed by Eddy Bell - vimeo.com/user9353044