Teri KanefieldFeb 14

My sixteen-year-old Chilean nephew was curious about what’s going on with ICE.

In Chile, the word “conservative” is associated with capitalism, and the word “liberal” is associated with communism. He observed that Donald Trump says he’s a capitalist but doesn’t act like one.

I told him things are different here and labels have different meanings because we have a different history.

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Humberto Ortiz-ZuazagaFeb 14
Show threadTeri Kanefield

I could see he was curious, but I knew he had no interest in lengthy history lessons, so I said, “I can do it in 15 minutes. I can give you a 15-minute history lesson that will explain ICE and our current politics.”

“Can I use a timer?” he asked.

I said certainly.

I prepared the lesson, and my nephew started the timer.

For what I told him, click here: https://terikanefield.com/let-my-people-in/

Let My People In: The Story of Immigration in the U.S. - Teri Kanefield

My sixteen-year-old Chilean nephew was curious about what’s going on with ICE. In Chile, the word “conservative” is associated with capitalism, and the word “liberal” is associated with communism. He observed that Donald Trump says he’s a capitalist but doesn’t act like one. I told him things are different here and labels have different meanings because […]

Teri Kanefield
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Show threadTeri KanefieldFeb 14

See what happens when you visit Aunt Teri?

https://terikanefield.com/let-my-people-in/

Let My People In: The Story of Immigration in the U.S. - Teri Kanefield

My sixteen-year-old Chilean nephew was curious about what’s going on with ICE. In Chile, the word “conservative” is associated with capitalism, and the word “liberal” is associated with communism. He observed that Donald Trump says he’s a capitalist but doesn’t act like one. I told him things are different here and labels have different meanings because […]

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Show threadTeri KanefieldFeb 16
I suppose I could add this to the blog post as Exhibit A
Show threadMtnSunTreesFeb 16
@Teri_Kanefield what the?
Show threadPaul_IPv6Feb 16

@Teri_Kanefield

indeed... i'd like to see muskrat willing to die to defend anything other than his scummy life.

Show threadAlex(ithymia) Feb 16

@Teri_Kanefield

Scotts, eh?

Show threadArtemisFeb 16
@alex @Teri_Kanefield or that Wales exists
Show threadMarkFeb 16
@Teri_Kanefield @alex The Scotts, Chads, Toms, Johns and such.
Show threadPaul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Feb 16

@Teri_Kanefield

Reveling in one's glorious heritage, while demonstrating a complete lack of knowledge of the melange of cultures that contributed to it over the past 2000 years. (Probably longer)

The arrogance of ignorant certitude...

Show thread(((JaneinNJ)))Feb 16
@Teri_Kanefield JFC.
Show threadJohn BreenFeb 17
@Teri_Kanefield Deport him back to South Africa.
Show threadThe WookieFeb 17

@jab01701mid @Teri_Kanefield

But seize his assets first!

Show threadGreg Harvey 🌍Feb 17
@Teri_Kanefield I'm not sure how my Swiss-American grandfather would feel about Elon's take. 😂
Show threadGreg Harvey 🌍Feb 17
@Teri_Kanefield Although the Swiss were probably close enough culturally to be acceptable. It's really interesting that the traditional American Christmas is basically the traditional German Christmas, and having been born and raised in the UK with an American mother, plus being married to someone who is half German, I know there's a big difference. I wonder how the Anglo-Saxon Christmas gave way to the German one over time? There's an essay there (surely already written)...
Show threadSparkymikeFeb 17
@Teri_Kanefield That's pretty ethnocentric for a Russian guy from South Africa.
Show threadSparkymikeFeb 17
@Teri_Kanefield If he's so rich, why isn't he smart?
Show threadJohn VecheyFeb 17
@Teri_Kanefield wish he’d leave the Irish out of it
Show threadSamuelJohnsonFeb 17

@Teri_Kanefield The EU is multicultural economic zone. Ukrainians are dying, literally, to join.Others want to join, including, reportedly, 40% of Canadians.

The UK is a multicultural zone too, one the Irish fought to get out of largely because of English attempts to make a unicultural zone (putting it politely).

What a dunce.

Show threadSteven ZekowskiFeb 17
@Teri_Kanefield
While in no way diminishing the malignant racism of Musk's post, I'd also like to point out he misspelled "Scots" and that he must have a great time eating out at restaurants -- English, Scottish, and Irish cuisine only.
Show threadALFeb 17

@Teri_Kanefield
It is so remarkable to see such ignorance on display. I miss the days when these types had to hide their ignorance. I hope that this will make it easier to deal with these types but I'm not sure about that.

critical thinking is the true national deficit.

Show threadRobin BartonFeb 17
@Teri_Kanefield So Musk being American-English-Scot-Irish is not multicultural???
Show threadLeighGFeb 17
@Teri_Kanefield I'm sure my Scottish Presbyterian ancestors who left to get away from alternating repression by Catholics & Anglicans would be delighted to hear they, the Irish Catholics & the English Anglicans are all the same harmonious culture... It doesn't even work for the "Great Britain" crowd.
Show threadjwzFeb 17
@Teri_Kanefield Remember when the Irish used to not be White? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Show threaddr2chaseFeb 17
@jwz @Teri_Kanefield Blazing Saddles remembers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBfhi-rb5eY
We don't want the Irish

YouTube
Show threadchop wood, carry waterFeb 17
@jwz @Teri_Kanefield his dashes make it ambiguous, but the words themselves are more clear: "scots-irish" are the protestant plantation owners. they are distinct from "irish" who are catholic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch-Irish_Americans
Scotch-Irish Americans - Wikipedia

Show threadarielsFeb 17
@Teri_Kanefield I think the hideous racism and idiotic pseudo-history are doing a great job here of occluding the naked fascism. What makes X good is not its body count or the number of people who would die to defend it. (Needless to say, the people who defend X by sending bodies to die for it mean the bodies of _other_ people.)
Show threadByronFeb 17
@Teri_Kanefield I saw this right after reading your blog, and sent both to my signal chat group.
Show threadMasto♾️Don—86 47 ↗️ 🗑️Feb 17
@Teri_Kanefield My Italian immigrant grandfather fought for this country and almost died in a trench in northeastern France in 1915. Fuck ElmoMusk.
Show thread[email protected]Feb 17
@Teri_Kanefield Oh that pig going on about defending land stolen from others? Unhinged lunatic it is.
Show threadLord KelvinFeb 14
@Teri_Kanefield
Fantastic "lecture"!
Show threadBodlingFeb 14

@Teri_Kanefield Thank you. Well done.

Only question at the moment is whether each of those successive immigration and naturalization acts supplemented or replaced the previous one. Or was it mixed?

Show threadTeri KanefieldFeb 14
@Bodling 1965 overturned the others.
Show threadTed LemonFeb 14

@Teri_Kanefield

I was born in 1965. Trump's generation were young adults. So I lived through this demographic shift, but TBH I didn't realize it. It actually helps me to understand why people my generation or older are so weird about this, not that that's good news.

How much of the drop in white population as a percentage is down to birth rates?

Show threadToken Sane PersonFeb 15

@Teri_Kanefield Thanks for writing this.

The demographics are skewed by "one drop" theory (any non-white ancestor -> you're not white). So those numbers reflect, at least in part, mixed marriages producing children defined by society as "not-white".

A "white" couple we know had a baby with distinctly negro features. Huge uproar, accusations of infidelity. DNA tests showed it *was* his, and she had an African ancestor from a century or so ago.

DNA isn't a paint pot.

Show threadToken Sane PersonFeb 15
@Teri_Kanefield I don't know if this was a factor in anti-Irish sentiment in America, but in Northern Ireland the Protestant majority has long entertained a theory that Catholics are intent on out-breeding the Protestants, and that Catholic prohibition of birth control is part of that. https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/claim-that-protestants-are-being-outbred-is-a-myth-1.83911
Claim that Protestants are being outbred is a myth

ANYTHING which contributes to the fears of either community in Northern Ireland is an impediment to peace

The Irish Times
Show threadToken Sane PersonFeb 15

@Teri_Kanefield Meanwhile in India, Hindu nationalists belive that Muslims are intent on doing the same. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/may/30/the-truth-behind-indian-extremists-anti-muslim-great-replacement-theory

It seems that the Great Replacement is a standard conspiracy theory which crops up as part of any ethno-nationalist program, regardless of the facts.

The truth behind Indian extremists’ anti-Muslim ‘great replacement theory’

Hindu nationalist fears of demographic erasure by Muslims have been stoked by supremacists for years. But new official data reveals a very different story

The Guardian
Show threadBrad KoehnFeb 18
@Teri_Kanefield Thanks for the primer. It’s uncomfortable to examine the collision/collusion of liberal democracy and racism in the US, but it’s important framing to understand what’s happening. Well done.
Show threadAI6YR BenFeb 14
@Teri_Kanefield This is extremely helpful, THANK YOU.
Show threadTodd NelsonFeb 14

@Teri_Kanefield
See what happens when you visit Aunt Teri?

Let me know when you zoom in on the Gilded Age and weave in the genocide of Native Americans around that same time.

Show thread2xfoFeb 14
@Teri_Kanefield
This link from that post was enlightening as well
https://www.kqed.org/news/12002189/over-1-million-were-deported-to-mexico-nearly-100-years-ago-most-of-them-were-u-s-citizens#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20view%20the%20repatriation%20as,to%20send%20them%20to%20Mexico.
Over 1 Million Were Deported to Mexico Nearly 100 Years Ago. Most of Them Were US Citizens

A new California bill would commemorate 'a dark part of our American history' known as the Mexican 'repatriation' of the 1930s.

KQED
Show threadPollinatorsFeb 14
@Teri_Kanefield Thank you.
Show threadPG1958WILLNOTCOMPLY 🇺🇸🇷🇴🇺🇦🇵🇸Feb 14
@Teri_Kanefield always enjoy your words!
Show threadArtha 🐲🏳️‍⚧️Feb 14
@Teri_Kanefield Fantastic article! Thank you for sharing.
Show threadNoBorgFeb 15
@Teri_Kanefield
An important detail about the 1790 census where it says 80% of the people were from European descent (mostly white protestants).
At that time, the United States territory was just the Eastern states up to the Mississippi river. It did not include Florida, Alabama and all the Midwest.
Let's not forget that most of those states were colonized by Spanish and French. So, we can say that 2/3 of what's today the US territory was mainly catholic and Spanish and French speakers.
Show threadJoyce Bell 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇬🇱🚫🧊Feb 15
@Teri_Kanefield “The creation of ICE in response to the 2001 terrorist attack is interesting given that border security would not have prevented the attack.” This is a great point!
Show threadCyFeb 17
I don't believe you're telling the truth. That took me longer than 15 minutes just to read!
Show threadTeri KanefieldFeb 17
@cy maybe that’s why he has nothing to say. I read it too fast.