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In Lady Liberty's Shadow: The Politics of Race and Immigration in New Jersey
Home to Ellis Island, New Jersey has been the first stop for many immigrant groups for well over a century. Yet in this highly diverse state, some of the most anti-immigrant policies in the nation are being tested. American suburbs are home to increasing numbers of first and second-generation immigr... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Migrants for Export
Migrant workers from the Philippines are ubiquitous to global capitalism, with nearly 10 percent of the population employed in almost two hundred countries. In a visit to the United States in 2003, Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo even referred to herself as not only the head of state b... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Asian America: Sociological And Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Asian Americans are the fastest growing minority population in the country. Moreover, they provide a unique lens on the wider experiences of immigrants and minorities in the United States, both historically and today. Pawan Dhingra and Robyn Magalit Rodriguez’s acclaimed introduction to understandin... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy
by Grace J. Yoo • Shirley Hune • Robyn Magalit Rodriguez • Jane Junn • Akiko Takeyama • W P • Kieu Linh Valverde • Wei Ming Dariotis • Eliza Noh • Mai’a K. Cross • Cara Maffini Pham • Melody Yee • Jing Mai • Shannon Deloso • Kaozong N. Mouavangsou • Cindy Nhi Huynh • Rani Neutill • Brett J. Esaki • Melissa-Ann Nievera-Lozano • Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales • Genevieve Erin O’BrienAsian American women scholars experience shockingly low rates of tenure and promotion because of the particular ways they are marginalized by the intersectionalities of race and gender in academia. Although Asian American studies critics have long since debunked the model minority myth that construc... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020