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Title: New Immigrant Destinations and the American Colour Line

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2009

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Abstract: I analyse how Hispanic newcomers are becoming incorporated into therural southern racial hierarchy during an early stage of immigration. Iexamine patterns in newcomers (1) racial/ethnic identifications and (2)social interactions with whites and blacks, showing how and why theylend preliminary support to a black/nonblack colour line model, in whichthe central distinction separates the positions of people with Africanancestry from all others. Hispanic newcomers, including many who aredark-skinned, poor, and undocumented, have come to perceive the socialdistance separating themselves from whites as more permeable than thatseparating themselves from blacks, and are engaging in distancingstrategies that may reinforce this distinction.

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Authors: Marrow, Helen B.

Periodical (Full): Ethnic and Racial Studies

Issue: 6

Volume: 32

Pages: 1037-1057

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

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