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‘The New Colossus’ Big Lie: America’s Chain of Hypocrisy from Slavery to Deportation

Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Give me your tired your poor etc But if they’re Black or Brown lock them up or kick them out

From the Blacks they brought in chains to the Blacks and Browns they cage in prisons and the Browns they deport in shackles — for some, America has never been the land of the free…

illustration of Blacks as slaves and Browns as deportees

Anthony L. Hall

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