Arizona 2010

Publication_Orlando Sentinials____       Date:April 27, 2010

Cartoonist:_Dana Summers________   U.S./International

Title of the cartoon:__Arizona-2010____________

What action is taking place in the cartoon?

A couple watches immigrants, who have disguised themselves as white Americans, do their yard work.

Tone of the cartoon:

1) positive or negative framing of undocumented immigrants

2) positive or negative framing of immigration policies

What “reality” is constructed/framed about immigration/immigrants?

The Law in Arizona will cause immigrants to do everything in their power to get into the U.S. and live here. The immigrants are framed as people who just want a job to support their family and gain a better lifestyle for themselves. The caption of the cartoon suggests that in Arizona, immigrants must do everything in their power to appear to be in the right place, working as white Americans. The white couple does not know the workers are immigrants because of the paint and wigs. This shows that many Americans are guilty of profiling and are used to Mexican workers doing jobs like yard work. The immigrants are whistling and being inconspicuous, trying not to draw attention to themselves. It’s as though they are afraid to be themselves, and they try to hide it.