What You Can Do
Take one minute against hate:- Send a letter to cable networks urging them to use their airtime responsibly and stop parroting hate speak.
- Subscribe to the We Can Stop The Hate action list to receive updates about the campaign.
- Sign up at www.truthinimmigration.org to receive current information rebutting legal and factual inaccuracies about immigrants and/or Latinos used in various articles and stories.
- Sign a pledge to build America together at http://www.fairimmigration.org/petition and reject the policies of division.
- Share the videos
- America’s Immigration Legacy. Watch the video and learn about our nation’s experience with previous immigrants and our treatment of those communities. Forward the link to your friends.
- Suspect spokespeople. Watch the video to learn from the Southern Poverty Law Center about hate groups and vigilantes who have infiltrated the immigration debate. Forward the link to your friends.
- The role of the media in parroting hate speak. Watch MediaMatters' video for a look at cable news network shows that provide over-the-top and often inaccurate information about immigration. Forward the link to your friends.
- Watch The Code Words of Hate to identify the words and messages used to demonize Hispanic immigrants and communities perceived to be immigrant.
- Download the companion document, "Code Words in the Debate."
- Watch "Behind the Veil" to trace the connections between many of the anti-immigrant groups and their ties to White supremacy and hate.
- Learn more about these connections with the help of Campaign for a United America’s FAIR Family Tree, a tool to help journalists, elected officials, and civic and labor leaders understand anti-immigrant networks in the United States.
Download We Can Stop The Hate: A Tool Kit for Action to learn how to implement this campaign in your community and monitor your local media’s coverage of immigration.
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