Howard University Attacks Anti-Immigrant Bigotry

From Howard University:

Thursday night, in honor of the Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, Howard University’s NAACP chapter hosted a documentary screening and student panel on controversial Arizona law SB1070 and the rise of the anti-immigrant movement.

 
Howard University students have been central to a student movement dedicated to taking on the anti-immigrant movement. In August of 2010, Howard University students participated in a student delegation to Arizona in order to get a deeper perspective on SB1070.  Upon returning, they organized a speaking tour at historically black colleges and universities on the east coast entitled, “No More Arizonas.”

The tour addressed SB1070 copycat laws being introduced in states across the country and the network of anti-immigrant organizations known as the John Tanton Network.

The Tanton Network is a constellation of anti-immigrant organizations all founded or funded by John Tanton. Back in 1979, Tanton founded the Federation for American Immigration Reform.  Now the nation’s leading anti-immigrant organization, FAIR has taken credit for drafting SB1070. The Pioneer Fund, a foundation that has a history of promoting the genetic superiority of white, European-Americans, gave John Tanton $1.2 million to seed his modern day anti-immigrant empire.

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