Posts Tagged immigration
If You Can’t Say Something Nice…….
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on February 25th, 2011
I’ve got to say, events of these last few months have really put a strain on my mother’s admonition that “If you can’t say something nice, then don’t say anything at all.” Okay–let me try. The Indiana legislature did take a (hesitant) step toward rational policy-making by setting up a committee to study marijuana prohibition. [...]
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Proof of Citizenship
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on February 18th, 2011
Well, I see that our embarrassing legislators have given committee approval to the “let’s target brown folks” bill–aka “immigration enforcement.” Much like the widely criticized Arizona law after which it was modeled, the measure would allow police to stop people and demand proof that they are in the country legally if there is “probable cause” [...]
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Kicking the Dog
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on February 10th, 2011
Watching the Indiana legislature reminds me more than anything of those days—and we’ve all had them—when nothing has gone right at the office, we’ve made fools of ourselves in a meeting, and we’re just in a foul mood. So we go home and yell at our spouse, snap at our children and kick the dog. [...]
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How Small and Ugly Can We Get?
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Racial Equality on May 2nd, 2010
I received this email from a colleague with whom I team-teach classes from time to time. It speaks for itself. “One of my IUPUI journalism students was enjoying coffee at a Greenwood, Indiana Starbucks while chatting with his friend José. They were speaking Spanish. A woman interrupted them saying, “You need to start speaking ‘American’ [...]
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