Mollie Tibbetts and the False Narrative of Rampant Immigrant Crime

Her murder is being used to attack immigrants, but many are glossing over the misogyny that killed her

Khoi B
Khoi B
Sep 9, 2018 · 10 min read

In the packed gymnasium of Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom High School, over a thousand people gathered in mourning for Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year old student University of Iowa student who…

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Khoi B

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Vietnamese-American writer, urbanist, and slam poet.

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