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Crime and ethnicity in the media: Pickpocketing on a world stage

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Nic Subtirelu — 2 Comments

The Louvre (large museum in Paris, France, pictured below, home to many important works of art, for example, the Mona Lisa) closed today. Hundreds of staff members walked out citing complaints about rampant crime in the museum that was targeting both visitors and…

Myths of melting pots and discarded tongues (part 2)

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Nic Subtirelu — Leave a comment

In my last post, I looked at a story told by a US Senator about how his family immigrated to the United States and learned English. I wrote that I think the stories we tell reveal a lot about how…

Myths of melting pots and discarded tongues (part 1)

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Nic Subtirelu — 7 Comments

While the United States government seems intent on providing me a never ending supply of budget dysfunction discourse, I’ve decided to move on to another pressing topic that US politicians have been discussing: immigration. President Obama gave some prominence to…