TY - JOUR
T1 - FROM FREEDOM FLOTILLA TO AMERICA'S BURDEN
T2 - The Social Construction of the Mariel Immigrants
AU - Hufker, Brian
AU - Cavender, Gray
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Between April and October 1980, almost 125,000 Cubans left Mariel Harbor and came to the United States. The so‐called “Freedom Flotilla’ was an important, continuing news story during that period. Initially, the media's frame of coverage was positive: the Mariel immigrants were political refugees fleeing Cuba and needing our help. However, upon reports that Castro was sending criminals and other undersirables via the flotilla, media coverage grew negative. That negative news frame shaped the definition and the consequent stigmatization of the immigrants as a deviant population. The media's construction of the Mariel story reflected the historical and ideological context of Cuban‐U.S. relations.
AB - Between April and October 1980, almost 125,000 Cubans left Mariel Harbor and came to the United States. The so‐called “Freedom Flotilla’ was an important, continuing news story during that period. Initially, the media's frame of coverage was positive: the Mariel immigrants were political refugees fleeing Cuba and needing our help. However, upon reports that Castro was sending criminals and other undersirables via the flotilla, media coverage grew negative. That negative news frame shaped the definition and the consequent stigmatization of the immigrants as a deviant population. The media's construction of the Mariel story reflected the historical and ideological context of Cuban‐U.S. relations.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1990.tb00331.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1990.tb00331.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84984002340
SN - 0038-0253
VL - 31
SP - 321
EP - 335
JO - Sociological Quarterly
JF - Sociological Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -