Rebecca Kreiser
Reflection 2 of 5
Our Gang: Jewish Crime and the New York Jewish Community by: Jenna Weissman Joselit
Ramiro Martinez, Aabel Valenzuela, Jr ed., Immigration and Crime: Race, Ethnicity, and Violence
After reading the beginning of Our Gang: Jewish Crime and the New York Jewish Community and the first chapter of Immigration and Crime: Race, Ethnicity, and Violence, I realized that the anti-immigration rhetoric that we hear today is essentially recycled material. Additionally, I realized that throughout history, anti-immigrant sentiments have almost always been irrational. With this understanding, I posit that many of NYC’s ethnic enclaves strengthened, instead of shrinking, as a natural response to illogical nativist attitudes and treatment.
