Anti-migrant rhetoric does not end at the protest — it enters the home
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Anti-migrant rhetoric does not end at the protest — it enters the home When the language of exclusion becomes violence, it travels in the spaces where people sleep, where families seek safety, and where vulnerable women try to build lives. By Luke Sinwell 24 Jul 2026 Luke Sinwell is Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg. Dive Deeper Speed Read Listen Dive Deeper In the early hours of a Saturday morning earlier this month, a young African migrant woman was attacked in her home in one of several working-class communities where I have been conducting research.
- ▪Anti-migrant rhetoric does not end at the protest — it enters the home When the language of exclusion becomes violence, it travels in the spaces where people sleep, where families seek safety, and where vulnerable women try to build lives.
- ▪By Luke Sinwell 24 Jul 2026 Luke Sinwell is Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg.
- ▪Dive Deeper Speed Read Listen Dive Deeper In the early hours of a Saturday morning earlier this month, a young African migrant woman was attacked in her home in one of several working-class communities where I have been conducting research.
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Anti-migrant rhetoric does not end at the protest — it enters the home When the language of exclusion becomes violence, it travels in the spaces where people sleep, where families seek safety, and where vulnerable women try to build lives. By Luke Sinwell 24 Jul 2026 Luke Sinwell is Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg. Dive Deeper Speed Read Listen Dive Deeper In the early hours of a Saturday morning earlier this month, a young African migrant woman was attacked in her home in one of several working-class communities where I have been conducting research. This followed an incident the previous Friday, when a group of men arrived at her home as part of what they described as a door-to-door operation.
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