Commonplace terror: Everyday harassment of Latinx immigrants in Central Florida

Mary Vickers; Nolan Kline

doi:10.4324/9781003034810-5

Commonplace terror: Everyday harassment of Latinx immigrants in Central Florida

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The 2016 Trump presidential campaign and administration frequently employed anti-immigrant rhetoric in setting forth national policy agendas. Narratives of Latinx border-crossers as dangerous racial others seem to have nourished a public acceptance of prejudice against them-a phenomenon social psychologists have referred to as the "Trump Effect." In this chapter, we draw on our anthropological research in Orlando, Florida, to reveal the intensification of racism in ordinary social situations and the terrifying impact of anti-immigrant policies on everyday life. Building on existing scholarship, we argue that the formation of national borders extends far beyond the materiality of geopolitical barriers to social performances of differentiation. With a focus on immigrant experiences of abjection in the Trump era, we analyze the quotidian practices that produce interior borderlands of exclusion and fear.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Race, Gender, and Political Culture in the Trump Era
Subtitle of host publication	The Fascist Allure
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	118-134
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9781000432572
ISBN (Print)	9781003034810
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003034810-5
State	Published - 27 Aug 2021

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