Mike Davis and Alessandra Moctezuma

Nativism and anti-immigrant sentiment among whites is contributing to interracial conflict in the United States, contend Mike Davis and Alessandra Moctezuma in the following viewpoint. The militarization of the U.S.–Mexico border— which has led to the inhumane treatment of Latino migrant workers—is rooted in this nativism, the authors argue. Moreover, the emergence of certain kinds of residential barriers in American suburbs reveals anti-Hispanic prejudice among whites. Latinos living in the Los Angeles area, for example, are finding that blockaded streets and high fees for the use of recreational parks often segregate them from whites. Davis is an award-winning author; Moctezuma is a muralist, artist, and writer.

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1. According to Davis and Moctezuma, what is Operation Gatekeeper?
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