The Deportation Of The Undocumented By Daniel M. Goldstein

The article â€Å"PUBLIC ANTHROPOLOGY; Laying the Body on the Line: Activist Anthropology and the Deportation of the Undocumented† by Daniel M. Goldstein addresses a lot of interesting viewpoints when it comes to the demonstration of activist anthropology and the issue of undocumented immigrants. He gives a personal first-hand account of what is like to be a part of activist anthropology, while giving insight the issue of undocumented immigrants in regard to how they are treated, stereotyped, and unwelcome in New Jersey as well as the United states as a whole (Goldstein, 2014, p.839-841). It was very clear from the first paragraph that the article was going to be a bit on the suspense and possibly emotional side. The article begins with a firsthand account from Goldstein about the morning of the protest. It then goes into detail about what activist anthropology is in regard to anthropologist Charles Hale and Michal Osterweil which are on semi-challenging sides. I agree more with Osterweil though because of the statement made in the article â€Å"Osterweil contends that quotidian activism entails developing new understandings of the world and imagining alternatives† (Goldstein, 2014, p. 839). This quote is broken down to mean that action is made possible by the criticism and the elaborateness of ideas that cause people to think in different ways and that leads to even more ideas to help solve the issues at hand (Goldstein, 2014, p.839).I agree with this interpretation because I think