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Get Woke! Reading Group [online]
Thu, Feb 24, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
MEETING

Our partners at Get Woke! Catskills announce a two-part Zoom book discussion of White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall by Reece Jones (Boston: Beacon Press, 2021).  There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. CLICK HERE for additional info and to register.

  • Session 1: February 24 at 6:30-8pm
  • Session 2: March 3 at 6:30-8pm

This program will be facilitated by members of Delaware County Citizens for Refugee Support.

ABOUT THE BOOK – Racist anti-immigration policies, from the border wall to the Muslim ban, have left many Americans wondering: How did we get here? In a sweeping account, Reece Jones reveals that although the US is often mythologized as a nation of immigrants, it has a long history of immigration restrictions that are rooted in the racist fear of the “great replacement” of whites with non-white immigrants.