Erika Lee is the author of "America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States" and director of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota.Source
This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIt’s the height of the summer travel season, and can now visit the European Union again after pandemic-related shutdowns were lifted. But not Americans. We’re banned. Citing coronavirus concerns, the E.U. did not include the United States, which has had more coronavirus deaths and infections than any other country, on a recent list of approved nations.Being barred from another country is not something that Americans are familiar with. For centuries, we have been the ones demonizing foreigners as carriers of infectious...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIt’s the height of the summer travel season, and can now visit the European Union again after pandemic-related shutdowns were lifted. But not Americans. We’re banned. Citing coronavirus concerns, the E.U. did not include the United States, which has had more coronavirus deaths and infections than any other country, on a recent list of approved nations.Being barred from another country is not something that Americans are familiar with. For centuries, we have been the ones demonizing foreigners as carriers of infectious...WW…
