Problem
• Class, the national narrative on immigration usually focuses on immigrants from Mexico and Central and South America, but there has been a sizable increase in the number of black immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean. There is also a tendency to lump the socioeconomic status and life experiences of new black immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean with African Americans. Professor Enid Logan's research shows that there are some similarities between these populations (e.g., levels of segregation from whites), but these groups are exceptionally diverse. How and in what ways do the experiences of these new groups differ from those of African Americans? Is it the case that the experiences of black African and Caribbean immigrants are similar to those of Latinos? Why and how?
• Class, what issues are faced by legal and illegal immigrants who choose to stay in the United States instead of seeking employment in their home countries?
Textbook: Rethinking the Color Line: Readings in Race and Ethnicity by Charles A. Gallagher.