A Label that Dehumanizes and Criminalizes

By: Geehyun Sussan Lee, J.D. ’15 One of my least favorite words is “alien”. Growing up as a 1.5 generation American, I generally did not like any words or phrases that emphasized my liminality, my not-quite-enough-ness. However, many of those other words and phrases also had positive angles – encapsulated in the word “immigrant” is … Continue reading A Label that Dehumanizes and Criminalizes