Mary Sanchez: ‘Replacement theory’ is destructive, but nothing new. It’s time to engage it
The language of“ replacement theory” is often leveled in verbal attacks against Latinos, immigrants like my father who came to this country as a child from Mexico City. Calling it a“ theory” makes it sound harmless, academic. There have been taunts to U.S.- born Mexican-Americans and others to“ go back where you came from,” nationwide campaigns for“ English Only” laws...
The language of “replacement theory” is often leveled in verbal attacks against Latinos, immigrants like my father who came to this country as a child from Mexico City.
Calling it a “theory” makes it sound harmless, academic. But as more Americans are learning, when acted upon, it’s dangerous and volatile.
It’s an irrational thread in our wonderful, increasingly diverse nation. Those who adhere to nativism and xenophobia see the change differently, as the Buffalo mass shooter just horrifyingly showed.
During my entire working career I’ve reported on many iterations of replacement theory. There have been taunts to U.S.-born Mexican-Americans (myself included)
