From Ahuehuetitla to Brooklyn: Life under the COVID-19 pandemic and the Trump Administration

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Description (Dublin Core)

Using autoethnography as the method of research, this paper explores the fears and anxieties exacerbated in the Latinx community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through narrative snapshots, I depict how the pandemic worsened due to policy meant to limit undocumented Latinx immigrants’ access to health services. By focusing on the evolution of the public charge, this project depicts the ways the Trump administration’s hateful rhetoric and racist policies exacerbate the fear, life-threatening conditions, and long-lasting trauma on undocumented Latinx immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic. Closing in on one Brooklyn family’s navigation of the 2020 political climate, worsening pandemic, working-class realities, and immigration system, I take you through the present realities often left unseen by mainstream media.

Alumnus of Brooklyn College

Date (Dublin Core)

August 31, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Yes

Raul Vaquero

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Raul Vaquero

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

This document was not created as part of a Brooklyn College class. Although I did receive assistance from Professors Jeanne Theoharis and Joseph Entin

Partner (Dublin Core)

Brooklyn College

Type (Dublin Core)

autoethnographic project

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Immigration

English Neighborhoods

English Health & Wellness

English Government Local

English Community & Community Organizations

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

LatinX Community

public policy

undocumented immigrant

Flatbush

Brooklyn

New York

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

autoethnography

public policy

public charge rule

undocumented latinx immigrants

immigrant community

immigrant families

flatbush

brooklyn

new york

COVID-19 pandemic

Collection (Dublin Core)

Latino(a/x) Voices

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

9/17/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

9/20/2020

9/28/2020

09/20/2021

Date Created (Dublin Core)

8/31/2020

Rights (Dublin Core)

I agree to a CC NC-ND license

Item sets

Covid 19