They Take Our Jobs!, Aviva Chomsky
They Take Our Jobs!, Aviva Chomsky
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"They Take Our Jobs!"
And 20 Other Myths about Immigration

Author: Aviva Chomsky

Narrator: Frankie Corzo

Unabridged: 6 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Beacon Press

Published: 04/24/2018

Synopsis

Revised and expanded edition of the groundbreaking book which demystifies twenty-one of the most widespread myths and beliefs about immigrants and immigrations.

Aviva Chomsky dismantles twenty-one of the most widespread and pernicious myths and beliefs about immigrants and immigration in this incisive book. "They Take Our Jobs!" challenges the underlying assumptions that fuel misinformed claims about immigrants, radically altering our notions of citizenship, discrimination, and US history. With fresh material including a new introduction, revised timeline, and updated terminology section, this expanded edition is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how these myths are used to promote aggressive anti-immigrant policies.

About The Author

Aviva Chomsky is a professor of history and the coordinator of Latin American Studies at Salem State University. The author of several books, Chomsky has been active in Latin American solidarity and immigrants' rights movements for over thirty years. She lives in Salem, Massachusetts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura

Why do conservatives get easy arguments like, "They take our jobs!" and us liberals have to expound on the historic, economic, and social structures of the last 3 centuries to get our point across? This doesn't seem fair.......more

Goodreads review by Guillermo

I just finished reading this book and I want to say "THANK YOU AVIVA!" I'm an educated Chicano from California so it's a really hot topic here. Many people are greatly misinformed about the subject of immigration. It's not completely their fault since it is a politically charged issue. We tend to li......more

Goodreads review by Josh

As someone admittedly pretty ignorant of the ins and outs of immigration issues, I really got a lot out of this book. It examines immigration into the US as a result of structural factors (globalization, colonialism, neoliberalism) that help to explain a lot of the immigration trends today. Chomsky'......more

Goodreads review by MichelleCH

Each chapter takes a look at different myths associated with immigration and uses data to disprove each issue. For example, in the chapter on immigrants taking American jobs, the author does a good job of showing how the job market is really elastic. The job market contrasts and expands - really wit......more

Goodreads review by Mom

This book was on a reading list for women of our church. Aviva Chomsky is now @ the top of my prayer list. I had hoped this book would better explain why we have so many illegal people siphoning our country dry. Instead the introduction sets a negative tone which is held throughout the book. I am now co......more

Quotes

“A must-read for anyone who wants to understand immigration in the US.”
—Eva Longoria, actress, businesswoman, producer, and philanthropist

“An indispensable guide to the current debate on immigration. If you are at all uncertain about how to deal with anti-immigrant arguments, you will find Chomsky’s book a perfect response. She makes her points with clarity and uses unassailable evidence while offering constructive short- and long-term solutions.”
—Howard Zinn, author of You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train

“[Chomsky] not only demolishes virtually every myth about immigrants and immigration to the US, but also offers policymakers and activists solutions for tackling many of the issues created by globalization and an immigration policy grounded in falsehoods, and in so doing destroys the greatest myth of all: that nothing can be done.”
—Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams

“Chomsky’s book provides us all with a much-needed sense of history and justice—and injustice—that must be included as we struggle for fair and humane immigration policies.”
—Catherine Tactaquin, executive director, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

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