The Politics of Belonging: Race, Public Opinion, and Immigration

Drawing from several national survey data sets from the 2000s, they provide empirical evidence that supports the presence of a U.S. racial hierarchy and how the positioning of each group structures beliefs on immigration. Monisha Das Gupta's Unruly Immigrants and Bindi Shah's Laotian Daugh...

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Published in:Journal of Asian American studies 2016-02, Vol.19 (1), p.133
Main Author: Hom, Laureen D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian American studies
Asian Americans
Attitudes
Beliefs
Ethnicity
Hypotheses
Immigrants
Immigration
Immigration policy
National Surveys
Nationalism
Negotiation
Noncitizens
Political Attitudes
Politics
Public opinion
Race
Racial Identification
Social Services
State Surveys
Statistical Analysis
Stereotypes
Urban Studies
Variables
Whites
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Summary:Drawing from several national survey data sets from the 2000s, they provide empirical evidence that supports the presence of a U.S. racial hierarchy and how the positioning of each group structures beliefs on immigration. Monisha Das Gupta's Unruly Immigrants and Bindi Shah's Laotian Daughters are two contemporary ethnographies that examine how different Asian immigrant groups negotiate community belonging, citizenship, and political engagement. [...]their attempts to explain racial formation feel incomplete at times as they appear to be more narrowly focused in proving that racial positioning structures political attitudes and beliefs.
ISSN:1097-2129
1096-8598