'Anchor Babies' and the GOP's Manifest Destiny Politics
Category: BLACK VOICES
Trump's call for a wall to protect U.S. borders from marauding Mexican criminals not only demonizes Latinos, but evokes toxic themes of Manifest Destiny that were used to justify American expansionism into Mexico.  Themes that allowed white folk -- the U.S.' original "anchor babies" -- to be legitimized as citizens.
By Sikivu Hutchinson, ContributorAuthor of White Nights, Black Paradise and Godless Americana: ..., 2015-08-23