Harsh anti-immigrant laws enacted in communities across the country – promoted by national nativist organizations that want to severely limit immigration – have burdened taxpayers with millions in legal expenses, inflamed racial tensions and devastated businesses.
I’ve spent the past week going through piles of correspondence written over the years by John Tanton, the racist founder of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), which the Southern Poverty Law Center added to its list of hate groups in 2007.
As social networking sites and mobile technology offer new ways for students to socialize, educators can turn this technology into powerful classroom tools to engage students and teach lessons that promote social justice and challenge stereotypes, according to the Spring 2011 issue of Teaching Tolerance magazine.