“Undocumented and unafraid”? Challenging the bureaucratic paradigm

Among immigrant rights activists, journalists, and scholars the term “undocumented” has gained support as an alternative to the criminalizing and dehumanizing “illegal.” By contrast, this essay critiques so-called DREAMers' articulation of an “undocumented” subjectivity, arguing that the term, invoking a Weberian bureaucracy, undermines activists' cooptive intent and subversive agenda. To be undocumented in what Robert Hariman calls “a polity of offices,” which privileges the written text, is to be both unintelligible and powerless. These constraints, however, may be circumvented by the use of web-text for mobilization, recruitment, and networking. Informed by Gregory Ulmer's notion of “electracy,” I posit web-text as transitional, potentially capable of contesting the authority of the bureaucracy.     

Dream Big: Exploring Empowering Processes of DREAM Act Advocacy in a Focal State

This original, qualitative research analyzed in-depth interviews with five undocumented, college-age, Latino DREAM Act advocates in a single state. An organizational empowerment framework was utilized to explore processes allied with such advocacy. Four emergent themes transcended the data inductively: (1) Challenging Social Injustice, which pertains to participant motivations for involvement; (2) Inherent Connection, which pertains to the unique personal experiences among DREAM-ers; (3) Combatting Internalized Stigma, which pertains to overcoming the shame or embarrassment of an undocumented identity; and (4) Civic Literacy, which pertains to political proficiencies that participants acquired throughout their DREAM Act involvement. Implications are discussed.     

嫁与东风枉自嗟--薛宝钗人物形象之我见

薛宝钗“德言工貌”样样俱全,才智出众,而“罕言寡语”、“安分随时”的处世哲学使她成为封建社会淑女的典范,体现着封建朝代贵族女子传统的风范。她虽极力争取美满幸福的生活,却成为了封建礼教的殉葬品。她作为与黛玉对立的典型,实际上和黛玉一样,是一个悲剧人物,值得人们同情。     

《红楼梦》反抗性女奴形象浅探

《红楼梦》的成功之处在于书中的很多人物都是“如实描写”的典型,其中以鸳鸯、晴雯、司棋等为代表的一群女奴形象尤为感人至深,令人读之难忘。可以说,她们的形象是对封建社会末期官僚地主家庭中被奴役、被侮辱、被损害的女奴反抗性格的典型概括。     

Keep the dream alive: the DACA dilemma

ABSTRACT

This paper will examine the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) executive order by then President Obama in 2012. Special attention will be placed on the impact of this program on higher education as well as the lives of the individuals that it has impacted. Both supporting and opposing views will be presented through relevant court cases and scholarly articles on the matter. Additional emphasis will be placed on the uncertainty of the DACA program post-election (2016) and what it means for the people most affected by the program. The writer’s views on the issue will be presented in the end with an example of how one community has come together to keep the dream alive by refusing to lose hope and embracing opportunity instead of fearing threats or challenges.