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For the Global Thinker

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Arizona: The Wrong Answer by Desmond Tutu

Excerpt:

"...when you strip a man or a woman of their basic human rights, you strip them of their dignity in the eyes of their family and their community, and even in their own eyes. An immigrant who is charged with the crime of trespassing for simply being in a community without his papers on him is being told he is committing a crime by simply being. He or she feels degraded and feels they are of less worth than others of a different color skin. These are the seeds of resentment, hostilities and in extreme cases, conflict."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/desmond-tutu/arizona----the-wrong-answ_b_557955.html

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