Immigrants and Modern Racism : : Reproducing Inequality / / Beth Frankel Merenstein.

With rising numbers of immigrants of color in the United States, sheer demographic change has long promised—falsely, it now seems—to solve the "race problem." Directly connecting the issues of race relations and immigrant incorporation, Beth Merenstein sheds light on what the changing cont...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2008
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (173 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgments --
1 Learning Race: Becoming an “American” --
2 The Racial Structure of US Society --
3 Immigrants’ Preconceptions of Race --
4 Seeing, Hearing, and Acquiring New Notions of Race --
5 Immigrants Express Modern Racism --
6 Racial Identity Construction --
7 Racial Reproduction Revisited --
Appendix A: Notes on Research and Methods --
Appendix B: Interviewees --
Bibliography --
Index --
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Summary:With rising numbers of immigrants of color in the United States, sheer demographic change has long promised—falsely, it now seems—to solve the "race problem." Directly connecting the issues of race relations and immigrant incorporation, Beth Merenstein sheds light on what the changing contours of the US's racial and ethnic makeup mean for our dearly held concept of "equal opportunity for all."
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781588269478
9783110784251
DOI:10.1515/9781588269478
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Beth Frankel Merenstein.