I'd spent the summer following the case of Constantin Mutu, a 4-month-old Romani child separated by his father at the border. The child was fostered by a family in Michigan, and detained for five months because the US government maintained the infant had to find his own way home.
His mother, father and a sibling had gone to Mexico seeking to cross the US border seeking asylum from outrageous racial persecution of the Romani across Europe. The entire family was separated and afterwards, the father, distraught over his missing son, was reduced to tears and depression. As a result, he was routinely beaten by his cellmates. His anguish continued; he, like his wife and other child were deported to back Romania, leaving Constantin behind.
Eventually the child was reunited with his parents, with many, many readjustment issues looming.
This is one of many tragedies in the long list of deportations this administration has instituted. There are many ways to prevent illegal or process asylum immigration; however separating families has become perfectly acceptable--almost admirable--in this crippled, morally debased administration.
The president has also made clear his position on Muslims, women, differently-abled people, disabled veterans, overweight people, homeless people and others who don't meet his standards--mostly people who aren't white or privileged.
Oh, African-Americans? They won't be deported back to Africa. That would go against our Constitution. The vote will just be suppressed in predominantly AfAm districts or gerrymandered to death, so those voices will never be heard. Exiles in their own land.
What I find fascinating is that his base doesn't see themselves as vulnerable and follow his ideas and ideals blindly.
They don't see that they're part of the snake eating itself. That They're Next.
This piece is planned as a large offset print. I had considered a silk-screen, however, the worlds won't KO properly from the thickness of the ink.
His mother, father and a sibling had gone to Mexico seeking to cross the US border seeking asylum from outrageous racial persecution of the Romani across Europe. The entire family was separated and afterwards, the father, distraught over his missing son, was reduced to tears and depression. As a result, he was routinely beaten by his cellmates. His anguish continued; he, like his wife and other child were deported to back Romania, leaving Constantin behind.
Eventually the child was reunited with his parents, with many, many readjustment issues looming.
This is one of many tragedies in the long list of deportations this administration has instituted. There are many ways to prevent illegal or process asylum immigration; however separating families has become perfectly acceptable--almost admirable--in this crippled, morally debased administration.
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Oh, African-Americans? They won't be deported back to Africa. That would go against our Constitution. The vote will just be suppressed in predominantly AfAm districts or gerrymandered to death, so those voices will never be heard. Exiles in their own land.
What I find fascinating is that his base doesn't see themselves as vulnerable and follow his ideas and ideals blindly.
They don't see that they're part of the snake eating itself. That They're Next.
This piece is planned as a large offset print. I had considered a silk-screen, however, the worlds won't KO properly from the thickness of the ink.
