The Dehumanization of Immigrants and Refugees: A Comparison of Dehumanizing Rhetoric by All Candidates in Three U.S. Presidential Elections

Warnock, Amanda

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“…The Trump administration used anti-immigrant rhetoric, attributing criminality and cruelty to immigrants, to emphasize the idea that immigrants (particularly Mexican immigrants) are a threat to the US economy and way of life (Warnock, 2019). President Trump repeatedly dehumanized immigrants and refugees, as he famously said at the beginning of his campaign (Phillips, 2017):…”

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“…The Trump presidency spotlighted how anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies can greatly influence the social perception of immigrants, aggressive anti-immigrant behavior and immigration policies (Warnock, 2019). Many US citizens supporting former President Trump's views or who were swayed by his words have, or developed, negative attitudes toward immigrant farmworkers (Becerra, 2020) especially since more than 90% of these workers are reportedly born in Mexico (Medel-Herrero and Leigh, 2018).…”

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The increasing toll of racism and discrimination on California agricultural workers and their families under the Trump administration

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Over 800,000 Mexican agricultural workers are employed in California each year, of which approximately 400,000 are estimated to be undocumented immigrants. Previous studies have found President Trump to be distinct in his anti-immigrant rhetoric and explicit verbal attacks of immigrants and refugees, which predicts hostile community attitudes towards immigrants and minorities. We convened 19 focus groups (FG) in diverse regions of California to gather information from Latina/o agriculture workers on the potential impact(s) of the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant rhetoric and immigration policy on this population. Widespread racism and discrimination were overwhelmingly noted in all FG sessions. Participants reported being the targets of increasingly hostile behavior, including hate crimes, that they attributed to anti-immigration rhetoric. Therefore, participants also reported an increasing sense of fear and psychological distress that led them to avoid community participation. Perceptions of racist and intentionally harmful policies contributed to reduced interactions with healthcare facilities and prompted both documented and undocumented participants to withdraw themselves and their children from public programs. For FG participants, the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant rhetoric and immigration policy severely impacted their community resulting in profound negative impacts on their economic well-being, education, and physical and emotional health.

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The increasing toll of racism and discrimination on California agricultural workers and their families under the Trump administration

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“…The conservative media often portrays these newcomers, people of indigenous Mexican ancestry (PIMA-US), in a dehumanizing way (Gounari, 2018;Loewenstein, 2018). Some scholars and prominent politicians have labeled these public narratives as hate speech, and have argued that they incite verbal, physical, and psychological violence against these groups (Goldsmith, 2000;Warnock, 2019).…”

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The History of Adversity and Collective Strength of Individuals of Mexican Ancestry in the United States: A Scoping Literature Review and Emerging Conceptual Framework

Orozco-Figueroa¹

2020

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In the current political climate, people of Indigenous Mexican ancestry living in the United States (PIMA-US) are facing adverse social conditions that affect their overall health, for example, anti-immigrant sentiments, legal abandonment, and identity-based fear. This isthe latest chapter in a history of traumatic events that provides context for understandingthe mental health trajectory of this population. This scoping review identifies and examines research that uses a historical perspective to study current mental health and substance abuse disorders (SUDs) for PIMA-US. Sixteen peer-reviewed articles, published from 1998 through 2018, were selected using the scoping methodological framework. Thematic analysis yielded three overarching topics: (a) historic traumatic events (HTEs), (b) popular culture as a vehicle of transmission of historical trauma narratives, and (c) behavioral health responses to historical trauma, such as reliance on cultural heritage, and institutional mistrust. This research views the current health disparities of PIMA-US as the cumulative effect of historical and ongoing oppression. This integratedreview broadens the baseline knowledge for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention ofcontemporary traumatic exposures for PIMA-US. It provides an opportunity to develophistorically informed trauma interventions that are more sustainable because they emphasize survival through the practice of intergenerational wellness traditions.

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“…Another method that has been used in the description of Syrian refugees is the dehumanization. It has been shown that this approach justifies hostile behaviors and policies (Warnock, 2019) since it situates borders, instead of humans, at the core of political solutions (Smets et al, 2019). As Rheindorf and Wodak further explicated, this strategy triggers securitization, moralization, and border militarization (as cited in Smets et al, 2019).…”

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The Securitization and De-securitization of Syrian Refugees in the Lebanese Newspapers and Through the Lens of Refugees’ Narratives. (c2020)

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With the outbreak of Syria’s conflict in 2011, more than five million displaced Syrians sought refuge in neighboring countries, including Lebanon. These host countries have however portrayed their displacement as temporary and have taken restrictive measures to limit refugee influx and control mobility. In Lebanon, a country of “no-asylum”, displaced Syrians struggled with deteriorating livelihoods and an acute climate of securitization, compounded by historical and political tensions. Against this backdrop, the Lebanese print media, that internalized political factions’ speech acts, heavily engaged with the theme of refugees as security, economic and social threats. Still, unlike many accounts that portrayed this engagement as monolithic, this thesis argues that newspapers offered heterogeneous conceptions of the issue of refugee securitization. It also shows how Syrian refugees have in turn produced narratives to challenge prevalent media misconceptions. To explore the complex field of securitization versus de-securitization in the context of Syrian forced migration, this research will critically unpack how Lebanese newspapers have framed Syrian refugees through various discursive perspectives and platforms. More specifically, it will shed light on how two Lebanese newspapers, Annahar and Al Akhbar, have dealt with the issue of securitizing displacement from Syria, and how they have constructed various narratives and counter-narratives vis-à-vis refugeeness. In more specific terms, the research argues that while Annahar transmitted and vehiculated politicians’ security speech acts, Al Akhbar offered a discursive platform that allowed for rethinking refugeeness as a security threat. To provide a complimentary perspective, the research will examine how Syrian refugees have in turn resisted securitization through conveying their voices and producing counter-frames that challenged securitized portrayals. In so doing, the thesis will contribute to the complex literature on the processes, dynamics, and factors underlying the securitization and de-securitization of forced migration.

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The Dehumanization of Immigrants and Refugees: A Comparison of Dehumanizing Rhetoric by All Candidates in Three U.S. Presidential Elections

Cited by 5 publications

References 20 publications

The increasing toll of racism and discrimination on California agricultural workers and their families under the Trump administration

The increasing toll of racism and discrimination on California agricultural workers and their families under the Trump administration

The History of Adversity and Collective Strength of Individuals of Mexican Ancestry in the United States: A Scoping Literature Review and Emerging Conceptual Framework

The Securitization and De-securitization of Syrian Refugees in the Lebanese Newspapers and Through the Lens of Refugees’ Narratives. (c2020)

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