Black Chicago, let’s check our attitudes on migrants
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 20, 2023
The adage “We’re a nation of immigrants” rings hollow for many Black Americans. For those of us descended from enslaved people, the sentiment feels like erasure of our ancestors who forcibly labored on plantations. Immigration is foundational to the U.S., yes. So was slavery.
But that fact doesn’t justify anti-immigrant behavior, which is rising as Chicago’s migrant humanitarian crisis shows no signs of slowing down or reaching a permanent solution.
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is using red politics to tarnish a blue city. He vows to keep relocating migrants . . .
