I don't get the rationale behind boycotting immigrants' businesses in the U.S. b/c their country of origin is oppressive towards others. I don't see people making this argument about immigrants who come from countries that oppress Kurdish people or Roma people.
This is especially problematic given that there is no reason to believe boycotting individual immigrants' businesses in the U.S. would have any impact on their country-of-origin's behavior. Travel boycotts *to* the country would at least be justifiable on these grounds.
I'm not arguing for any specific travel boycott here. I'm saying that if you want to influence a country's behavior, those kinds of boycotts could *arguably* make sense. Going after individual immigrants' businesses does not.
If we follow this through to its logical endpoint, we should all start boycotting Indian, Chinese, Iranian & Brazilian restaurants. We should definitely boycott Danish ones. Maybe we should boycott the cuisine from all of the 14+ EU countries that have passed bans on Muslim dress
It doesn't make a lot of sense to me. And, in cases where the business's owners face discrimination in the U.S., it stinks of bigotry. Boycotting Danish restaurants in the U.S. wouldn't make sense. Boycotting Indian or Chinese ones wouldn't make sense AND would be bigoted.
If the business itself has expressed political views that align with oppression, then, by all means, boycott it. That should be the stated rationale, though.
https://twitter.com/magi_jay/status/1407407237006516227
If a business is openly pro-Netanyahu, or pro-Modi, or pro-Assad, then we should boycott them just like we would Chick-Fil-a. But that's different than just boycotting a business that is Israeli, Indian, etc. Boycott politics. Not ethnicities.
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