Immigrants-eat-pets trope is a century-old stereotype and 'very old racism'
A claim repeated by Donald Trump that immigrants in Ohio have eaten household pets echoes a stereotype that dates back decades.
Blaming Immigrants For Eating Pets Is An Old American Urban Legend
Blaming immigrants for eating pets was an American urban legend years before Donald Trump spread the rumor about Haitians in Ohio.
The false narrative of immigrants eating pets has a long history
Immigrants eating pets' has long been used to vilify Asian immigrants. Now it's being used to malign Haitians.
Fact Check: No evidence of Haitian immigrants stealing and eating pets in Ohio
A viral narrative suggesting Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are stealing residents’ pets or taking wildlife from parks for food surfaced on social media this week without any credible evidence.
Lie about immigrants eating pets raises larger question
First of all, immigrants aren’t eating people’s pets in Ohio. It’s the sort of thing that should go without saying. The sort of thing that makes you wince a little when you say it
Springfield grapples with false pet-eating rumours - and real problems
Locals say they are facing serious issues with housing, jobs and harassment, even though pet-eating rumours are false.
Farage says there's some truth in Trump's claim Haitian migrants are eating pets
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Trump to visit town at center of false 'pet-eating' allegations
Donald Trump told a boisterous rally Wednesday he will visit the US town beset by racial tensions ever since his campaign began promoting false allegations that immigrants there were eating
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The Busy ‘Billionaire Chef’ Kicks Off a Whirlwind Food Tour in D.C.
Chef Tolu Eros shares his West African cuisine at Immigrant Food to start, followed by stops in NYC and New Orleans ...
Deportations, raids, visa access: How the presidential election could impact immigrant farmworkers
The farmworkers scattered. There was a union representative in the workers’ employer-provided housing, on an orchard in ...
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Eat Your Way Through Washington, D.C.—The District Delivers On Cuisine
It Takes a Village. The team behind Immigrant Food represents the rainbow of cultures feeding DC in ... [+] a restaurant who's very mission is to celebrate our nation's international repertoire of ...
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Labor Protections for Immigrant Food Workers Are at Stake in the 2024 Election
A Biden administration policy shields immigrants who report on workplace abuses. It could face an uncertain future—and so ...
I Spent the Weekend in the Ohio Town Where Trump Said Immigrants Are Eating Cats. It Took a Turn Quickly.
Unsettling rumors ignited on the national political stage were swirling through town that local immigrants were stealing and ...
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Food racism and the anti-immigration rhetoric at the presidential debate
In the Sept. 10 presidential debate, current presidential candidate Donald Trump made an inflammatorily false claim about ...
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Local food truck owner fighting misinformation about Haitian immigrants through cuisine
Roody Salvator is the owner of Makaya Caters, a food truck serving a "Taste of Haiti," said Trump’s words at last week’s ...
From Chinese to Italians and beyond, maligning a culture via its foods is a longtime American habit
It’s a practice that’s about as American as apple pie — accusing immigrant and minority communities of engaging in bizarre or ...
Charleroi, Pennsylvania, business owner says immigrant population works jobs Americans do not want
There are some tensions and there are some growing pains. But on balance, the borough says the immigrants have been an asset ...