Maria Juega of Princeton
Tragically, hostile and irresponsible dog breeding came back to bite, literally, the James family last week. What a parable against the sin of scapegoating. Beware the unintended but inexorable consequences of pushing responsibility for a problem onto to a scapegoat — in this case a humble Hispanic immigrant who was horribly mauled last year by these same dogs.
But at the national level, our collective and growing scapegoating of immigrants is wrecking vulnerable communities on whom we blame many of our ills: from salmonella poisoning to disregard for safety and labor laws for low-income workers; from the lack of healthcare access by the poor, to the growing socio-economic polarization. This will also come back to bite us, sooner or later.
Maria Juega
Grover Avenue
Princeton