Lisa Cache presents an interesting analysis on the war against terrorism. She specifically mentions how President Bush in 2001 used vague terms: “evildoers” and “terrorists”. The descriptions for those people opened up the definition for who could be an evildoer and a terrorist. The lack of specifics allows for gang members and undocumented immigrants to be included in the definition of a terrorist. There was also an emphasis on the word “illegality” as it allowed for racial targeting. Since undocumented immigrants or illegal immigrants mainly meant Latina/o people, the war against terrorism could racially target them. Similarly, the war against terrorism could also be used to racially target Muslims and Arabs through the use of the term terrorist.
