Introduction: Immigration, the new South, and the color of backlash / Cameron D. Lippard and Charles A. Gallagher -- The shifting nature of racism / Regine O. Jackson -- Intergroup relations : reconceptualizing discrimination and hierarchy / Helen B. Marrow -- Racialized histories and contemporary population dynamics in the new South / Eileen Diaz McConnell -- The myth of millions : socially constructing "illegal immigration" / Stephanie Bohon and Heather Macpherson Parrott -- Integrating into new communities : the Latino perspective / Elaine C. Lacy -- Unfair housing practices in black and brown / Stephen J. Sills and Elizabeth Blake -- The public schools' response to the immigration boom / Andrew Wainer -- Southern crime and juvenile justice / Orlando Rodriguez -- Racializing hiring practices for "dirty" jobs / Cameron D. Lippard -- Organizing labor in a right-to-work state / Francesca Coin -- Anti-immigrant mobilization in a Southern state / Paul Luebke -- The rise of Latino/a political influence / Lisa M. Martinez -- Success stories : proactive community responses to immigration / William E. Baker and Paul A. Harris -- Conclusion: Southern location, national implications / Cameron D. Lippard and Charles A. Gallagher
Summary
How has the dramatic influx of Latino populations in the US South challenged and changed traditional conceptions of race? Are barriers facing Latinos the same as those confronted by African Americans? The authors of Being Brown in Dixie use the Latino experience of living and working in the South to explore the shifting complexities of race relations. Systematically considering such central issues as hiring, housing, education, and law enforcement, they emphasize the critical social and policy implications for new gateway communities and for our society as a whole. -- Publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-378) and index
