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The American alligator has meant many things to Americans, at times prized for its hide, adopted as a mascot and weaponized as a slur. YLLA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

The forgotten racial history of Alligator Alcatraz

Mark V. Barrow, Jr., Virginia Tech

The recently shuttered immigrant detention facility continued a long tradition of using alligators in ways that have reinforced demeaning racial stereotypes.

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