Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Keywords
Xenophobia, race, citizenship, United States, immigration, GOP, Republican Party
Department
English
Major
Writing and Rhetoric and Politcal Science
Abstract
In January 2014, the Republican Party released new "principles of immigration" which among many reforms, made space for the possibility of a pathway toward "legal status" for certain groups of undocumented immigrants in the United States. This paper investigates the rhetorical difference between "citizenship" and "legal status" and claims how these principles reflect the GOP's motives to ease their conservative constituents' anxieties surrounding the protection of a traditional, euroamerican definition of American citizenship. This paper analyzes the relationship between whiteness and citizenship, a class which extends beyond ethnicity and involves education, income level, and values associated with WASP America.
Faculty Mentor
Lorie Goodman
Funding Source or Research Program
Global Tides
Presentation Session
Session D
Location
Rockwell Academic Center 175
Start Date
21-3-2014 3:30 PM
Xenophobia, Whiteness, and Citizenship in the United States
Rockwell Academic Center 175
In January 2014, the Republican Party released new "principles of immigration" which among many reforms, made space for the possibility of a pathway toward "legal status" for certain groups of undocumented immigrants in the United States. This paper investigates the rhetorical difference between "citizenship" and "legal status" and claims how these principles reflect the GOP's motives to ease their conservative constituents' anxieties surrounding the protection of a traditional, euroamerican definition of American citizenship. This paper analyzes the relationship between whiteness and citizenship, a class which extends beyond ethnicity and involves education, income level, and values associated with WASP America.