Discriminati on of migrants in receiving communities Mexican migrants in the USA
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Discrimination of migrants in receiving communitiesMexican migrants in the USA
Why is this case a problem in the post-positivist agenda?
• Host countries see the lack of assimilation of migrants as detrimental for the society and discriminate them for it. However, at the same time, discrimination discourages assimilation.
What post-positivist theory is the most suited for analyzing this problem?
• Post-colonialism.
General argument
• Discrimination by recieving communities is caused by the «othering» of migrants.
«othering»
• the social and/or psychological ways in which one group excludes or marginalizes another group.
Brief history of the problem
Early 20th century
•Jews and italians “non white”
1924 – “Immigration
act”
1940 -•“Alien
registration act”
1986•Immigration Amnesty Act
2001• “patriot act”
2010–“SB1070”
Winners & losers
International impact
Shortcomings of the theory
Authors and publications
• Eva Bischoff & Elisabeth Engel «Colonialism and Beyond: Race and Migration from a Postcolonial Perspective”
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