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Driving While Brown: Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Latino Resistance
Terry Green Sterling was regularly selected by her peers as Journalist of the Year and is now Journalist in Residence at ASU’s Cronkite School of Journalism. Jude Joffe-Block is a Phoenix-based journalist who currently works for the Associated Press.
They have collaborated on a new book “Driving While Brown: Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Latino Resistance.” (https://www.amazon.com/Driving-While-Brown-Sheriff-Resistance-ebook/dp/B08W3682BD/ref=pd_cart_vw_crc_2_2/145-1531749-3313738?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B08W3682BD&pd_rd_r=f790abe5-3c03-4b05-b1d9-daebd4a45be4&pd_rd_w=Dtqer&pd_rd_wg=chw12&pf_rd_p=01004c92-8f40-4f1a-bee8-08cb36dccac2&pf_rd_r=AZVM6Y1B091RVA06BJ38&psc=1&refRID=AZVM6Y1B091RVA06BJ38#customerReviews). It documents, of course, the story of Sheriff Joe. But it is also the story of the (mostly Latino) resistance that developed in response to his aggressive anti-immigration policies.
I found this to be an "I can't put it down” book. Even as one who has followed the career of Joe Arpaio for over 25 years, I found it fascinating to learn in detail of the grass-roots movement that arose in opposition to his policies.
Some of these were well-known and included both former and current officeholders. But some of the most significant figures labored in relative obscurity. To an equal extent as Sheriff Joe, this book is about their decades-long struggle with him and his policies. Like a novel, the story involves both victories and losses and documents an extended struggle and is ultimately a book with a lesson about the value of persistence in the face of obstacles.
And, for those who were not here at the beginning of his tenure, there will be surprises. For example, one of his first forays into the issue was when a citizen, Patrick Haab, held a group of presumably undocumented immigrants at gunpoint in a "citizen's arrest". Arpaio's department had the gun-wielding Haab arrested. Clearly the "Sheriff Joe" that became the champion of the anti-immigration forces did not start out this way, his positions evolved over time. And the authors don't just relate events, they tell the stories of some of the most noteworthy players in this drama. We get a sense of their humanity, their conflicts, and their struggles. This makes the book not only a definitive treatment of the Arpaio phenomenon, but also a highly readable gripping story.
Terry and Jude are our guests in this week’s Think Tank. They tell a compelling story.
The Think Tank airs from 6-7pm Saturdays and Sundays from 9-10pm on KTAR 92.3 FM. After broadcast, podcasts are available at ktar.com. Older shows are archived at www.mikeoneil.org which can also be used to reach the host via Facebook, Twitter, or email.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Terry Green Sterling was regularly selected by her peers as Journalist of the Year and is now Journalist in Residence at ASU’s Cronkite School of Journalism. Jude Joffe-Block is a Phoenix-based journalist who currently works for the Associated Press.
They have collaborated on a new book “Driving While Brown: Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Latino Resistance.” (https://www.amazon.com/Driving-While-Brown-Sheriff-Resistance-ebook/dp/B08W3682BD/ref=pd_cart_vw_crc_2_2/145-1531749-3313738?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B08W3682BD&pd_rd_r=f790abe5-3c03-4b05-b1d9-daebd4a45be4&pd_rd_w=Dtqer&pd_rd_wg=chw12&pf_rd_p=01004c92-8f40-4f1a-bee8-08cb36dccac2&pf_rd_r=AZVM6Y1B091RVA06BJ38&psc=1&refRID=AZVM6Y1B091RVA06BJ38#customerReviews). It documents, of course, the story of Sheriff Joe. But it is also the story of the (mostly Latino) resistance that developed in response to his aggressive anti-immigration policies.
I found this to be an "I can't put it down” book. Even as one who has followed the career of Joe Arpaio for over 25 years, I found it fascinating to learn in detail of the grass-roots movement that arose in opposition to his policies.
Some of these were well-known and included both former and current officeholders. But some of the most significant figures labored in relative obscurity. To an equal extent as Sheriff Joe, this book is about their decades-long struggle with him and his policies. Like a novel, the story involves both victories and losses and documents an extended struggle and is ultimately a book with a lesson about the value of persistence in the face of obstacles.
And, for those who were not here at the beginning of his tenure, there will be surprises. For example, one of his first forays into the issue was when a citizen, Patrick Haab, held a group of presumably undocumented immigrants at gunpoint in a "citizen's arrest". Arpaio's department had the gun-wielding Haab arrested. Clearly the "Sheriff Joe" that became the champion of the anti-immigration forces did not start out this way, his positions evolved over time. And the authors don't just relate events, they tell the stories of some of the most noteworthy players in this drama. We get a sense of their humanity, their conflicts, and their struggles. This makes the book not only a definitive treatment of the Arpaio phenomenon, but also a highly readable gripping story.
Terry and Jude are our guests in this week’s Think Tank. They tell a compelling story.
The Think Tank airs from 6-7pm Saturdays and Sundays from 9-10pm on KTAR 92.3 FM. After broadcast, podcasts are available at ktar.com. Older shows are archived at www.mikeoneil.org which can also be used to reach the host via Facebook, Twitter, or email.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.