Being brown in Dixie : race, ethnicity, and Latino immigration in the new South / edited by Cameron D. Lippard, Charles A. Gallagher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lippard, Cameron D., editor.

Gallagher, Charles A. (Charles Andrew), 1962- editor.

Series:

Latinos, exploring diversity and change.

Latinos : Exploring Diversity and Change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--Southern States--Social conditions.

Hispanic Americans.

Immigrants--Southern States--Social conditions.

Immigrants.

Racism--Southern States.

Racism.

Ethnicity--Southern States.

Ethnicity.

Southern States--Ethnic relations.

Southern States.

Southern States--Race relations.

Southern States--Social conditions--1945-.

Southern States--Emigration and immigration.

Latin America--Emigration and immigration.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : FirstForumPress, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The authors explore how the dramatic influx of Latino populations in the US South has challenged and changed traditional conceptions of race.

Contents:

""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""1-Introduction: Immigration, the New South, and the Color of Backlash""; ""Race Matters: The Racialization of an Immigrant Nation""; ""Juan Crow and the Color of Backlash""; ""The Scope of the Volume""; ""2-The Shifting Nature of Racism""; ""On Their Backs� Again""; ""The Myth of the New South""; ""That was Then, This is Now""; ""Blacks as the New Villains""; ""A Racially Reformed South?""; ""Conclusion""; ""3-Intergroup Relations: Reconceptualizing Discrimination and Hierarchy""

""The Rural Southern Racial Binary in Local Context""""Negative Black-Hispanic Relations""; ""Racial Discrimination and the Minority Group View""; ""Minority Group Views of Nonracial Discrimination""; ""Greater Nonracial Discrimination by Blacks than Whites""; ""Expectations of Versus Encounters with Discrimination""; ""Conclusion: Connections to the Future of the Colorline""; ""4-Racialized Histories and Contemporary Population Dynamics in the New South""; ""Exclusionary Practices""; ""The South""; ""Racialized Histories in the “Old� South and Contemporary Trends in the “New� South""

""Conclusion and Directions for Future Research""""5-The Myth of Millions: Socially Constructing “Illegal Immigration�""; ""The Social Construction of Social Problems""; ""Unauthorized Immigration in the Press""; ""Conclusion: The Social Construction of Illegal Immigration in the South""; ""6-Integrating into New Communities: The Latino Perspective""; ""Why the Southeast?""; ""Latino Settlement in South Carolina""; ""Latino Incorporation""; ""Conclusion""; ""7-Unfair Housing Practices in Black and Brown""; ""Residential Segregation in America""

""Investigating Segregation and Housing Discrimination""""Conclusion""; ""8-The Public Schools� Response to the Immigration Boom""; ""Research Methodology""; ""Latino Educational Achievement in the South""; ""Latino Educational Achievement in Case Study Sites""; ""Parental Involvement""; ""Teacher Training""; ""Immigration Status""; ""Discrimination""; ""Conclusion""; ""9-Southern Crime and Juvenile Justice""; ""The Character of Immigration to the South""; ""Juvenile Crime and Justice in the South""; ""Hispanic Immigration and Juvenile Custody""; ""Conclusion""

""10-Racialized Hiring Practices for “Dirty� Jobs""""Floating Work Crews""; ""What Contractors Want in an Employee""; ""Whom Contractors Want""; ""Conclusion""; ""11-Organizing Labor in a Right-to-Work State""; ""Christmas Gifts and Horror Movies; H-2A Program in North Carolina""; ""Down to the Roots""; ""Externalize? Organize!""; ""Conclusion""; ""12-Anti-Immigrant Mobilization in a Southern State""; ""Sudden Demographic Changes in North Carolina""; ""State Government Response to Immigration""; ""Conclusion""; ""13-The Rise of Latino/a Political Influence""

""A Closer Look at U.S. Latinos""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-935049-71-2