Not American, but news here have been focusing heavily and specifically on immigrants instances of crime for years, pushing often the same talking points Fox News uses; it affects people’s perception of reality, they feel threatened and they are given no perspective on how prevalent it actually is or the systemic reasons why.
Now that doesn’t justify the hate they display, but many could be led to reason if the outside pressure leveraging their ignorance stopped.
It’s a mixed bag, as the other commenter said.
Not American, but news here have been focusing heavily and specifically on immigrants instances of crime for years, pushing often the same talking points Fox News uses; it affects people’s perception of reality, they feel threatened and they are given no perspective on how prevalent it actually is or the systemic reasons why.
Now that doesn’t justify the hate they display, but many could be led to reason if the outside pressure leveraging their ignorance stopped.
It is a mixed bag, but the people who can be saved don’t think these things are related - they think ICE are going after criminals
They don’t think ethnic cleansing is the answer, they just think this is about crime