NEW WORLD BORDER (FILM)

DEFENSIVE FORTRESS MENTALITY ====> GLOBALIZATION {EX: NAFTA} {1} DESTABALIZES LOCAL ECONOMIES ====> {2} DISPLACES POPULATIONS ====> {3} UNLEASHES TREMENDOUS INTERNATIONAL MASS MIGRATION MOVEMENTS (TO URBAN CENTRES — URBANIZATION — GLOBAL CITIES) ====> {4} CRIMINALIZES UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS FROM “THE GLOBAL SOUTH” AS PARASITES/DANGEROUS/TERROR THREATS ====> {5} GLOBAL MASS MEDIA REINFORCES GEO-POLITICAL HEGEMONY BY CONSTRUCTING “THE GLOBAL IMMIGRANT” AS A TARGET/ FRAMING MIGRANTS AS A DANGEROUS ELEMENT/ “COLOURED BODIES” CAN BECOME “RACIALIZED” {RACIALLY STEREOTYPED} AS “POTENTIAL THREATS TO ORDER AND CIVILIZATION”.

THESIS: THE INCREASED “WEALTH GAP” AND INCREASED “CULTURE GAP” (AND ETHNORACIAL ANIMOSITY) CREATED BY GLOBALIZATION IS AROUSING AN “IDENTITY POLITICS” ON A GLOBAL SCALE [THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED THROUGH “MORE BORDER CONTROLS/SECURITY”; ONLY THROUGH A “PLURALIST POLITICAL ACCOMMODATION”]

IRONIC CONTRADICTION: THE NEW FORTRESS MENTALITY AND EMPHASIS ON “BORDER SECURITY” DOESN’T CURTAIL UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRATION IT ONLY CRIMINALIZES IT ====> MASS MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE {GLOBAL MIGRATION} CONTINUES TO INCREASE CHALLENGING NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TO DEAL WITH A “GLOBAL HUMANITY” BACKLASH.

EXERCISE

1) QUESTION: HOW DOES THE INTER-RELATION OF CULTURE, POWER AND IDEOLOGY PRODUCE “ANTI-IMMIGRANT” SENTIMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY?

2) QUESTION: HOW IS THE “FORTRESS MENTATLITY” OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LIKE USA AND CANADA COUNTERPRODUCTIVE?/ WHAT WOULD BE PRODUCTIVE SOLUTIONS? [EX: “OPEN BORDERS MOVEMENT” – NOBODY IS ILLEGAL -WHAT DO YOU THINK?

3) QUESTION: WHAT (OTHER) PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES CAN YOU THINK OF CONNECTED TO THE FILM (SUBJECT MATTER)?