The Racial Problems Involved in Immigration from Latin America and the West Indies to the United States
The Racial Problems Involved in Immigration from Latin America and the West Indies to the United States

Author: Robert Franz Foerster

Publisher:

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13:

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In that part of continental America lying south of the United States or in islands adjacent thereto live some 90,000,000 people, nearly as many people as live in the United States. All the countries where these people live are customarily regarded as lands of immigration, like the United States itself. Even in Europe there are countries whose immigrants from still other countries compare in numbers closely with their emigrants, and nearly every country, not excepting the United States, is subject to extensive internal migration-the migration from one part of the same country to another. The existence or nonexistence of a political boundary is not ordinarily a primary consideration in determining currents of migration. It is the recent rapidly rising tide of immigration into the United States from the southern lands of this hemisphere that has forced upon the attention of the people of the United States a new problem. Inquiry must be made whether this immigration can be regarded as the forerunner of a larger immigration, and also whether the new additions to the race stock of the United States can be regarded as beneficial or as detrimental, and what main lines of policy should be laid down for dealing with this immigration.

Afro-Caribbean Immigrants and the Politics of Incorporation
Afro-Caribbean Immigrants and the Politics of Incorporation

Author: Reuel R. Rogers

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-04-24

Total Pages: 25

ISBN-13: 113945272X

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This book examines the political behavior of Afro-Caribbean immigrants in New York City to answer a familiar, but nagging question about American democracy. Does racism still complicate or limit the political integration patterns of racial minorities in the United States? With the arrival of unprecedented numbers of immigrants from Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean over the last several decades, there is reason once again to consider this question. The country is confronting the challenge of incorporating a steady, substantial stream of non-white, non-European voluntary immigrants into the political system. Will racism make this process as difficult for these newcomers as it did for African Americans? The book concludes discrimination does interfere with the immigrants' adjustment to American political life. But their political options and strategic choices in the face of this challenge are unexpected ones, not anticipated by standard accounts in the political science literature.

Race and Immigration
Race and Immigration

Author: Nazli Kibria

Publisher: Polity

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 074564791X

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Immigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial identity. This insightful new book offers a fresh perspective on immigration and its part in shaping the racial landscape of the US today. Moving away from one-dimensional views of this relationship, it emphasizes the dynamic and mutually formative interactions of race and immigration. Drawing on a wide range of studies, it explores key aspects of the immigrant experience, such as the history of immigration laws, the formation of immigrant occupational niches, and developments of immigrant identity and community. Specific topics covered include: the perceived crisis of unauthorized immigration; the growth of an immigrant rights movement; the role of immigrant labor in the elder care industry; the racial strategies of professional immigrants; and the formation of pan-ethnic Latino identities. Written in an engaging and accessible style, this book will be invaluable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate-level courses in the sociology of immigration, race and ethnicity.

Latin Migration North
Latin Migration North

Author: Michael S. Teitelbaum

Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations Press

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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From the John Holmes Library collection.