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Those damned immigrants : America's hysteria over undocumented immigration / Ediberto Román ; with a foreword by Michael A. Olivas.
| Author/creator | Román, Ediberto |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : New York University Press, [2013] |
| Description | xxii, 186 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Citizenship and migration in the Americas Citizenship and migration in the Americas. ^A1144003 |
| Contents | Anti-immigrant rhetoric -- Empirical data on immigration -- Immigration's effects on state and local economies -- The conflicted United States-Mexico relationship: invitation and exclusion -- Sociological and psychological insights on anti-immigrant bias -- A pragmatic proposal for immigration reform. |
| Abstract | "The election of Barack Obama prompted people around the world to herald the dawning of a new, postracial era in America. Yet a scant one month after Obama's election, Jose Oswaldo Sucuzhanay, a 31-year old Ecuadorian immigrant, was ambushed by a group of white men as he walked arm and arm with his brother. Yelling anti-Latino slurs, the men beat Sucuzhanay into a coma. He died 5 days later. The incident is one of countless attacks--ranging from physical violence to raids on homes and workplaces to verbal abuse--that Latino/a immigrants have confronted for generations in America. And these attacks--physical and otherwise--are accepted by a substantial number of American citizens and elected officials, who are virulently opposed to immigrant groups crossing the Mexican border. Quick to cast all Latino/a immigrants as illegal, opponents have placed undocumented workers at the center of their anti-immigrant movement, and as such, many different types of native Spanish-speakers in this country (legal, illegal, citizen, guest), have been targeted as being responsible for increasing crime rates, a plummeting economy, and an erosion of traditional American values and culture. In Those Damned Immigrants, Ediberto Román takes on critics of Latina/o immigration, drawing on empirical evidence to refute charges of links between immigration and crime, economic downfall, and a weakening of Anglo culture. Román utilizes government statistics, economic data, historical records, and social science research to provide a counter-narrative to what he argues is a largely one-sided public discourse on Latino/a immigration."--Publisher's website. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2013015229 |
| ISBN | 9780814776575 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0814776574 (hardback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | JV6483 .R66 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |