BOOKS: Erika Lee’s Introduction to U.S. Xenophobia

By: Mikki Morrissette

Outlets: Minnesota Women's Press

Published: May 27, 2026

Words: 1,488

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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Because nearly everyone in the U.S. is an immigrant of some generation or other, I find it mystifying that so many individuals believe the ideology that immigrants are dangerous, job-stealing, fraudulent, money-sucking creatures. The immigrants chosen for this sweeping and simplistic label game changes over time.

This is not a purely American pastime, of course, but as we move into a “250 Years” celebration of a selective sliver of history on these lands, …

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