167 - They're Still At It: Arizona Immigration Law Is Part Of A Decades-Old Right-Wing Campaign To Attack Minorities For Political Gain

BLAST THE RIGHT

Jack Clark

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🗓️ 21 May 2010

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Today, we'll take a look at the Arizona "your papers please" statute, with a large emphasis on the historical context in which it was passed: long-standing and pervasive right-wing racism.Before analyzing any legislation touching on race that comes from the right, it's absolutely critical to know the right's history in this realm.With this law, and with any measure proposed by right-wingers that

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0:00.0	Greetings, y'all are sitting to podcast number 167 of Blasterite.
0:24.2	I'm your host Jack Clark, great to have you on board.
0:27.6	Today we'll take a look at the Arizona Your Papers Please Statute, with a large emphasis
0:34.2	on the historical context in which it was passed, long standing and pervasive right-wing racism.
0:42.7	Let's get right into it.
0:44.4	Your sources today include, I'll list them real fast, mediumatters.org, The New York Times,
0:49.8	The Washington Post, MSNBC.com, GregPalice.com, DemocracyNow.org, the Associated Press,
0:56.6	The Boston Globe, TruthDig.com, The Nation Magazine, Salon.com, The Chicago Sun Times,
1:02.8	CBSNews.com, and Maclatchy Newspapers.
1:07.3	Before analyzing any legislation touching on race that comes from the right, it's absolutely
1:13.0	critical to know the right's history in this realm.
1:16.6	So let's go over that before discussing this particular Arizona law.
1:21.2	What I want you to get into the habit of doing is, with this law, and with any measure
1:25.9	proposed by right-wingers that touches on race, immediately say to them, Mr. Amiz right-winger,
1:32.6	any measure you propose is automatically suspect as being racist, given right-wing past practice
1:38.7	and behavior.
1:39.9	The burden is on you to prove otherwise.
1:43.8	Here's the historical evidence you can draw upon to be able to confidently make this
1:48.0	assertion to your friendly, local right-winger.
1:51.6	To start off with, we have to debunk the line that the right-wing will always throw
1:55.6	at you.
1:56.6	The Democrats are the racist party, Lincoln freed the slaves.
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