From Tennessee to Palestine: What Happened to Cause and Effect?

UPROOTED PALESTINIANS: SALAM ALQUDS ALAYKUM

January 30, 2023

Israeli forces raided Jenin and killed nine people. (Photo: via ActiveStills.org)

– Benay Blend earned her doctorate in American Studies from the University of New Mexico. Her scholarly works include Douglas Vakoch and Sam Mickey, Eds. (2017), “’Neither Homeland Nor Exile are Words’: ‘Situated Knowledge’ in the Works of Palestinian and Native American Writers”. She contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle.

ByBenay Blend

In the past few days, Palestine has witnessed heightened aggression by the Zionist government, while in the United States, five Memphis policemen brutally beat a young man to death after a routine traffic stop.

On the surface, these events are not related. A closer look at mainstream news coverage as well as systemic problems embedded in each society reveals how much they have in common.

On January 26, 2023, an article bySamidoun:Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network led with theheadline“Massacre…

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