This Land Is Our Land An Immigrant’s Manifesto 1st Edition by Suketu Mehta 0374276021 9780374276027

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ISBN 10: 0374276021 

ISBN 13: 9780374276027

Author: Suketu Mehta

There are few subjects in American life that prompt more discussion and controversy than immigration. But do we really understand it? In This Land Is Our Land, the renowned author Suketu Mehta attacks the issue head-on. Drawing on his own experience as an Indian-born teenager growing up in New York City and on years of reporting around the world, Mehta subjects the worldwide anti-immigrant backlash to withering scrutiny. As he explains, the West is being destroyed not by immigrants but by the fear of immigrants. Mehta juxtaposes the phony narratives of populist ideologues with the ordinary heroism of laborers, nannies, and others, from Dubai to Queens, and explains why more people are on the move today than ever before. As civil strife and climate change reshape large parts of the planet, it is little surprise that borders have become so porous. But Mehta also stresses the destructive legacies of colonialism and global inequality on large swaths of the world: When today’s immigrants are asked, “Why are you here?” they can justly respond, “We are here because you were there.” And now that they are here, as Mehta demonstrates, immigrants bring great benefits, enabling countries and communities to flourish. Impassioned, rigorous, and richly stocked with memorable stories and characters, This Land Is Our Land is a timely and necessary intervention, and a literary polemic of the highest order.

Table of contents:

Part I: The Migrants are Coming

1. A Planet on the Move

2. The Fence: Amargo y Dulce

3. Ordinary Heroes

4. Two Sides of a Strait

Part II: Why They’re Coming

5. Colonialism

6. The New Colonialism

7. War

8. Climate Change

Part III: Why They’re Feared

9. The Populists’ False Narrative

10. A Brief History of Fear

11. Culture: Shitholes Versus Nordics

12. The Color of Hate

13. The Alliance Between the Mob and Capital

14. The Refugee as Pariah

Part IV: Why They Should be Welcomed

15. Jaikisan Heights

16. Jobs, Crime, and Culture: The Threats That Aren’t

17. We Do Not Come Empty-Handed

18. Immigration as Reparations

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