Hi everyone, and welcome to this podcast , coming to you from the Canary Islands to listeners around the globe.
Stories of struggle, resilience, and hope from migrants seeking a better future, facing cultural, legal, and personal challenges in new horizons.
A while ago, I participated in a book club after reading a novel by an African author in which he traveled from Mozambique to Portugal, its then-metropolis.
1. Treatment as Second-Class Citizens
Although many migrants were legal citizens of the empire, they were treated with racial, social, and economic discrimination.
They were assigned precarious jobs and marginalized housing and faced barriers to accessing public services, education, and political rights.
In France, for example, migrants from Algeria, Morocco, and Senegal were considered "French" but lived in conditions of exclusion.
2. Structural Racism and Exclusion
Immigration policies and public discourse reinforced negative stereotypes, portraying migrants as threats or burdens.
Institutional racism manifested itself in laws, media, and police practices.
"Urban peripheries" were created where migrants concentrated, reproducing colonial dynamics in the metropolitan space.
And that concludes this today's episode, see you in the next one!
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