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They Take Our Jobs! And 20 Other Myths About Immigration.(Brief article)(Book review)
THEY TAKE OUR JOBS! AND 20 OTHER MYTHS ABOUT IMMIGRATION
By Aviva Chomsky
Beacon Press, 264 pages
IF EVER THERE WAS A NEED FOR A PITHY PRIMER on immigration, it's now, and scholar-activist Aviva Chomsky has provided just that. She considers myths from the book's title to "immigrants don't pay taxes" and then gracefully and in plain language delivers arguments with lessons on history, law and racism. In other words, this is the book to give your xenophobic mother-in-law at the next family barbecue.
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Chomsky organizes the myths into five sections: the economy, law, race, government policy, and recent debates on immigration, and she explains how each myth is rooted in racism, history and inequity at a global level. Taking the myth that gives the book its title, Chomsky ...
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