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Immigration Rhetoric and the use of the Cultural Purity Argument

Park, Chanyung James
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1227301852

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2008, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Sociology.
The topic of immigration has appeared episodically as a contentious issue in American political history. Historically, race has been a central component within the public discourse and the reasoning behind many political policies regarding immigration. However, it does not seem controversial to say that overtly racist rhetoric appears to have less visibility in the contemporary political landscape. In this paper, I explore what immigration rhetoric looks like today, in particular the reasons “immigration reform” advocacy groups offer for justifying excluding immigrants settling in the United States, in particular by distinguishing them from what they consider true Americans. I contrast website based racial purity arguments used by members of the Aryan Nations to cultural purity arguments used by members of immigration reform groups such as the Federation for Immigration Reform (FAIR), American Immigration Control (AIC) and Balance. I show that both racial purity arguments and cultural purity arguments are similar in form, structure and function. Both types of arguments argue that each type of purity is fundamental, immutable, inherited and necessary for the public good. Both types of arguments are also used to justify limiting immigration.
Rhys Williams, PhD (Committee Chair)
Anna Linders, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
Kelly Moore, PhD (Other)
49 p.
Sociology
immigration; political sociology; rhetoric

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  • Park, C. J. (2008). Immigration Rhetoric and the use of the Cultural Purity Argument [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1227301852

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Park, Chanyung. Immigration Rhetoric and the use of the Cultural Purity Argument. 2008. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1227301852.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Park, Chanyung. "Immigration Rhetoric and the use of the Cultural Purity Argument." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1227301852

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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