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It was clear that he had no purpose, no passion, no connection to others, not even those who were closest to him…So what did he want from life? Was it perhaps this emptiness inside — this lack of purpose — that sent him out to roam the
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“Costly detention point not necessary if processing is streamlined,” and later added”
― The Deportation Machine: America's Long History of Expelling Immigrants
― The Deportation Machine: America's Long History of Expelling Immigrants
“Dehumanization is the first step in justifying voting against the rights of other people.”
― Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
― Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
“voters who switched parties to vote for Trump were motivated by the possibility of a fall in social status: “In short, they feared that they were in the process of losing their previously privileged positions.” Instead of taking rising college enrollment rates by marginalized people as a sign that they would need to improve their own skills, they voted based on a fear they were losing their privilege and thus their positions.”
― Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
― Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
“TPS holders would become permanently stuck with a status that was meant to be provisional. Republican and Democratic administrations found it easier to renew their TPS status every two years than to create an actual route to citizenship for those who had built lives in the US over decades.”
― Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
― Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
“To Muñoz’s mind, it was as though Congress were telling them, “You’re not us yet.” Muñoz’s parents were already citizens, but when she heard Republicans talk about how noncitizens didn’t “deserve” these protections, she nevertheless thought of her own family. She was reminded of a story her parents had told her about having once been threatened with eviction from an apartment for being overheard “speaking Mexican.”
― Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
― Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Cristal’s 2025 Year in Books
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