The Stranger

Read Amy Clarke’s blog post, The Stranger (http://themigrationist.net/2014/01/23/the-stranger/), in which she uses explores immigration in relation to Simmel’s social type of the stranger. Does this social type help to explain our response to immigration? Do you think that all immigrants are treated in similar ways, or does it depend on skin color, religion, country of origin, and gender as well? Explain your answer in light of Simmel’s description.