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« Kerry, Feingold, and Healthcare Reform | Main | Leaving the Fly Club Behind » Wednesday, August 2, 2006Immigration NationCorrosive political rhetoric sometimes makes it seem like hordes of terrorists and job-stealers are pounding at the gates, trying to infiltrate the United States. Calmer voices don't grab headlines. But they help win the war against fear mongering. A few examples: Sean Gonsalves of the Cape Cod Times takes a closer look at the term "illegal immigrant." Scholastic, the children's book publisher, has a website for school teachers called "Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today." It's a look at the past as well as the thoughts and experiences of recent immigrants: three girls from India, Vietnam, and Kenya. The Library of Congress has an immigration web site that starts with the Walt Whitman poem "You, Whoever You Are," a well-spoken salute to the rest of the world. |
