Tag Archives: ethnography

Immigration and the Moral Claim to Health Benefits

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Brendan Saloner

Remember this moment? Barack Obama: “There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is false – the reforms I’m proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally.” Representative Joe Wilson: … Continue reading →

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How to Study Culture without Blaming the Victim

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Brendan Saloner

American liberals don’t like talking about the “culture of poverty.” The very term evokes some of the most distorted and racist images of the ghetto and its stock characters — the deadbeat dad, the welfare queen, and the criminal youth. … Continue reading →

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