In someone else's country : anti-Haitian racism and citizenship in the Dominican Republic / Trenita Brookshire Childers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Childers, Trenita Brookshire, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Haitians--Dominican Republic--Social conditions.

Haitians.

Haitians--Legal status, laws, etc--Dominican Republic.

Citizenship--Social aspects--Dominican Republic.

Citizenship.

Racism--Political aspects--Dominican Republic.

Racism.

Emigration and immigration.

Social aspects.

Racism--Political aspects.

Citizenship--Social aspects.

Haitians--Legal status, laws, etc.

Social conditions.

Dominican Republic--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Dominican Republic.

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Haitians--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xiv, 177 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]

Summary:

""In Someone Else's Country" details the current situation of racial profiling in Caribbean countries where certain citizens are denied any documentation to become a citizen of the country they were born and raised in"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The "Haitian Problem"

Krisla: "Haitians in the Dominican Republic Are Like Monkeys Trapped in a Cage"

Racism and Immigration: A Global Problem

Anti-Haitian Racism

Liminal Legality in the Dominican Republic

Chapter Overview

2. Batey La Tierra

People in La Tierra

Sugar Mills

Batey Labor Structure

Living Conditions and Community Resources

People and Families

3. "Just a Baseball Game"

The Politics of Exclusion: Policies that Impact Haitian Immigrants

Liminal Legality in Someone Else's Country

Needed, yet Unwanted

4. "We Are Not Free"

"I'm Dominican Like You"

The Politics of Belonging: Policies that Impact Dominicans of Haitian Descent

When Citizens Live in Liminal Legality

"No Vota": Generations without a Political Voice

Foreigners in Their Own Country

5. "They Are Rounding Up Morenos!"

Tulile: A Public Lynching

Racializing Illegality

Skin Color: "They Want to Kick Out All of los PrietosV

Last Name: "She Couldn't Finish High School Because of Her Last Name"

Speech: "You Just Have to Know How to Talk"

Racial Profiling and Immigration Policies

6. Racism, Resistance, and Refraining Illegality

Quiet Racism

Refraining Illegality

Resistance ...and More Resistance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Childers, Trenita, 1983- In someone else's country

ISBN:

9781538131008

1538131005

9781538131015

1538131013

OCLC:

1145081052