Description

This conversation focuses on the ways people blame immigrant communities for Covid-19 outbreaks and the historical and present contexts of these political orientations. In this discussion, we begin by asking how states sustain policies and practices that make some communities sicker and more at risk than others, whose behavior is attributed to racial identity and whose is not, as well as the strategies that immigrant communities share to resist racist narratives and to survive the pandemic. Participants include:  

• Dr. Jeffrey Coleman- a scholar who teaches Spanish language and culture and studies immigrants in Spain and their representation in Spanish theater. 
• Dr. Erin Hoekstra - a sociologist who studies medical humanitarianism and immigration in the Arizona-Mexico border region.  
• Dr. Sameena Mulla - an anthropologist who studies and teaches about violence, law and medicine.

For more information on the podcast or the research being done at Marquette University, you can visit Marquette's COVID-19 research initiative here: https://www.marquette.edu/innovation/covid-19-research.php

You can email the podcast at covidconvos@marquette.edu

Music is "Phase 2" by Xylo Ziko https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Xylo-Ziko/Phase_2