Yen Le Espiritu will be speaking tomorrow at Pomona College's Smith Campus Center at 4:15 PM. The title of her talk is "Border Crossers: A Critical Perspective on Asian Immigration to the United States." She is sponsored by the Working for Responsible Dialogue Series (WORD) -- whatever "responsible dialogue" is.
What does she mean by Border Crossers?
Heres's what she means. Or so says Giaoacchino Campese who quotes Yen Le Espiritu on p. 180 of this book, Religion And Social Justice for Immigrants, edited byPierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo.
I quote Giaocchino Campese, quoting Yen Le Espiritu, "'U.S. colonizers, the military, and corporations that invade and forcefully deplete the economic and cultural resources of less-powerful countries.'"
Corporations invade? The American East Indian Company? Shocking!
Because we know all the countries that cut themselves off from the world economy do fantastically well. Right? I mean North Korea, Cuba, Burma, and Zimbabwe are utopias, right?.
Ronald's sure lovin' it, and it isn't a happy meal. Guess they didn't like the secret sauce. Shame on you, Ronald, for invading these otherwise peaceful people! Next time, no ice!
(Full disclosure: Aditya and I worked on those admittedly bad jokes.)
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Pomona Speaker Yen Le Espiritu's Wrong on Trade and Economics
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