Why so angry about illegal immigration? From: eastvalleytribune.com
Tagged: Arizona State University, ProfessorPosted on: May 5th, 2008
But experts say that while there is a strong racist undercurrent running through the anti-immigration movement, racism alone is not enough to account for the massive anti-illegal immigrant sentiment throughout the country.
For that to occur, said Raul Yzagurre, a professor at Arizona State University, large numbers of people need to be personally affected. He points to the transformation of neighborhoods overwhelmed by immigrant Hispanics. At first, he said, small changes such as businesses moving in and putting up signs in Spanish are not seen as threatening.
“But there comes a tipping point when the feelings about those changes turns into fear,” Yzagurre said.”*
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