Daisy Hernández Rethinks Citizenship and the Meaning of Belonging
We talk to Hernández about her new book “Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth” and what she thinks real belonging might look like.
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Show Notes
Citizenship allows you to vote, get a passport and run for office – and it’s supposed to be a promise of protection, equality and belonging. But as immigration agents arrest and detain more American citizens, what if that promise is a myth? In a new book journalist Daisy Hernández dismantles the idea that citizenship is neutral, stable or fair. And she proposes that today it often replaces race a powerful instrument of exclusion. We talk to Hernández about her new book “Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth” and what she thinks real belonging might look like. Are you a noncitizen, or a U.S. citizen who’s felt “lesser than?”
Guests:
Daisy Hernández, author, "Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth"
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