http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2005/06/11/typing-international-apartheid/ My opinions only. I do not represent any organization in this publication. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:36:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2005/06/11/typing-international-apartheid/#comment-79960 Mike Linksvayer » Race and international apartheid Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:34:18 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/?p=135#comment-79960 [...] I usually do not mention race when framing immigration controls as the international equivalent of (former) South African Apartheid — race lies on the South African side of the analogy. But the case of those opposing unfettered ability of all to move, live and work anywhere on earth without respect to nationality is not helped by the fact that race and racism is part and parcel of controls on movement, residency and work, as explained by The Guardian’s Gary Younge in The west persists in using race to decide who can cross its borders: [W]hen translated into sterling, the mean income of a black Canadian is almost double that of a white South African. Yet a black Canadian is four times more likely to be stopped than a white South African. [...] [...] I usually do not mention race when framing immigration controls as the international equivalent of (former) South African Apartheid — race lies on the South African side of the analogy. But the case of those opposing unfettered ability of all to move, live and work anywhere on earth without respect to nationality is not helped by the fact that race and racism is part and parcel of controls on movement, residency and work, as explained by The Guardian’s Gary Younge in The west persists in using race to decide who can cross its borders: [W]hen translated into sterling, the mean income of a black Canadian is almost double that of a white South African. Yet a black Canadian is four times more likely to be stopped than a white South African. [...]

]]> http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2005/06/11/typing-international-apartheid/#comment-3555 Glen Raphael Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:29:46 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/?p=135#comment-3555 Well put. I've been thinking for a while that what this country needs is a new Underground Railroad movement - legals helping illegals relocate to friendlier states and localities. Just moving them a few states further north would probably do the trick in most cases. Well put. I’ve been thinking for a while that what this country needs is a new Underground Railroad movement – legals helping illegals relocate to friendlier states and localities. Just moving them a few states further north would probably do the trick in most cases.

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