The Border is Their Public Swimming Pool

Authors

Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales, Associate Professor, School of Education, University of San FranciscoFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This article extends the metaphor at the heart of The Sum of Us - the decline of the public swimming pool in the U.S. - to discuss the political landscape of the US-Mexico border. The author argues that anti-immigrant whites residing on the border are so invested in white supremacy that they subscribe to an anti-immigrant politic that does not serve them. The article calls attention to society’s collective investment in white supremacy by highlighting the cost of this investment on migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Citation Information

Negrón-Gonzales, Genevieve (2022) "The Border is Their Public Swimming Pool," Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship: Vol. 6, Article 2.
Available at: https://repository.usfca.edu/jips/vol6/iss1/2