US EditionCommentary: Jim Crow Meets ICE at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
UNITED STATES, AUG 3 – Guatemalan officials will visit the prison to inspect its conditions and understand its historical significance linked to a notorious cultural trope, officials said.
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Jim Crow meets ICE at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ - West Hawaii Today
Afew years ago I came across a profoundly unnerving historical photo: A lineup of terrified, naked Black babies cowered over the title “Alligator Bait.” As it turned out, the idea of Black babies being used as alligator bait was a beloved trope dating back to the antebellum South, though it didn’t really take off until after the Civil War.
Commentary: Jim Crow meets ICE at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
A few years ago I came across a profoundly unnerving historical photo: A lineup of terrified, naked Black babies cowered over the title “Alligator Bait.” As it turned out, the idea of Black babies being used as alligator bait was…
EXCELSIOR The government of Guatemala confirmed on Friday that it managed the visit to a detention center known as the “Alcatraz de los caimanes” (Alcatraz de los caimans), in a swampy area of southern Florida, to learn about the situation of 14 of its nationals detained there. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala confirmed this Friday that 14 of its citizens are in that center, surrounded by an area of mangroves and marshes, whose only …
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