 Tags: discourse/language, immigration/citizenship, prejudice/discrimination, race/ethnicity, racism, 00 to 05 mins
Year: 2010 Length: 2:58 Access: YouTube Summary: This video clip concisely explains how the media's use of the word "illegal" to describe a group of people (often undocumented immigrants) becomes racially coded language and, as such, grounds for hate crimes. This film clip is part of the Drop the "I" Word Campaign; the website offers other resources related to the video clip. I find that the clip offers students a way to explore why the terms "illegal alien" and "illegal" might be problematic and how these terms are applied to certain groups of people in ways that become racial slurs. Submitted By: Kendra Barber
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Paul Dean
7/11/2013 11:07:47 pm
See this interesting news story from April 2013 about journalists' approach to usage of illegal, unauthorized, or undocumented immigrants. The article notes "The Associated Press announced it would eliminate the use of “illegal immigrant” entirely. The news agency wrote, “Except in direct quotes essential to the story, use ‘illegal’ only to refer to an action, not a person: illegal immigration, but not illegal immigrant.”" See the story here: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/business/media/the-times-shifts-on-illegal-immigrant-but-doesnt-ban-the-use.html?pagewanted=all
Valerie Chepp
3/15/2016 09:58:09 am
An updated version of this video was released in October 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4KObY2tqe4 Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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