It is Dangerous: Using the ‘Perpetual Foreigner’ Myth to Breed Division and Hate

Rep. Chu has served her country and her constituents well for 14 years in Congress. Rep. Gooden’s remarks were racist, xenophobic, and (as <a href="https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/02-23-2023/jeffries-gooden-judy-chu/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Rep. Hakeem Jefferies stated</a>) dangerous. Not even Rep. Gooden’s own party supports his outrageous comments. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), who chairs the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and Chinese Communist Party called his colleague’s comments <a href="https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-judy-chu-raja-krishnamoorthi-mike-gallagher-578818d8dc270d50627146304b0de8e4" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">“beyond the pale.”</a> Make no mistake, Rep. Gooden’s questioning of Rep. Chu is inappropriate but very calculated and deliberate. Rep. Gooden is among several politicians who have used racist rhetoric to profile and fan the flames of false suspicion to further their own reprehensible agendas. <a href="https://medium.com/advancing-justice-aajc/it-is-dangerous-using-the-perpetual-foreigner-myth-to-breed-division-and-hate-54e13f0068ad">Click Here</a>