immigration

Mon 11.08.10| Blacks & Latinos: Conflict or Synergy?

Román & Flores, eds., The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States Duke U. Press, 2010

Mark Sawyer, Racial Politics in Post-Revolutionary Cuba Cambridge U. Press, 2006

African Americans and Latinos acting in tandem could exert tremendous political force. Mark Sawyer examines factors that inhibit Latino-Black collaboration, including anti-Black racism among many Latinos, African American parochialism, and narrow visions of racial/ethnic identity. He also identifies points of commonality and convergence. And Juan Flores talks about the broader project of the book in which Sawyer's essay appears.

Mon 11.09.09| Rights and Wrongs

According to a new report, ICE raids and other immigration enforcement efforts have undermined the basic labor rights of workers. Rebecca Smith is one of the report's coauthors. And Amy Bach asks whether Joe Sullivan, sentenced as a 13-year-old to life without parole, got a fair trial.

Tues 6.09.09| Gilroy on Multiculture and Marley

Paul Gilroy, "Multiculture in Times of War"

Paul Gilroy, The Black Atlantic Harvard U. Press, 1993

Paul Gilroy, Darker Than Blue: On the Moral Economies of Black Atlantic Culture Harvard U. Press, forthcoming

How do racial politics play out in a former imperial power like Britain? What do popular desires for a restoration of national greatness do to how racial others and foreigners are perceived and treated? Paul Gilroy discusses the prospects for a robust multiculturalism; he also talks about the significance of Bob Marley's music and politics.

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