While racism is often a focus of concern in the U.S., skin tone—separate but related to race—plays a lesser known but important role in discrimination, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2023
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Hostility to immigrants isn't new to the United States. In 1896, Henry Cabot Lodge warned on the Senate floor that the "mental and moral qualities" of Americans would be endangered by the "wholesale infusion of races whose ...
Social Sciences
Aug 2, 2022
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Mexican immigrants are a critical part of the American workforce, but they are also financially vulnerable.
Economics & Business
Apr 14, 2022
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Puerto Ricans living in Florida, the largest swing state in the country, are mostly supportive of undocumented immigrants, a political attitude that might have broader social and political implications than political candidates ...
Social Sciences
Apr 7, 2022
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A new study examined how increasing the number of visas available to potential migrants would affect unauthorized immigration from Mexico to the United States. Current U.S. policy bans people who are deported from receiving ...
Social Sciences
Mar 4, 2020
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If you're looking for who's responsible for all the misinformation out there, you might want to take a peek in the mirror.
Social Sciences
Dec 26, 2019
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In ethnic enclaves, Mexican immigrants tend to spend less on food per week while East Asian immigrants spend more, which could explain the difference in assimilation rates and contrast in ethnic population density among the ...
Social Sciences
Aug 12, 2018
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A new study from Rice University found that 69 percent of undocumented Mexicans living in high-risk neighborhoods near the California-Mexico border reported interpersonal discrimination due to being undocumented.
Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2018
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Donald Trump announced his presidential candidacy in June 2015 with a bold, double-edged promise: that he would build a "great wall" on the border separating the United States and Mexico, and that he would make Mexico pay ...
Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2018
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Before a border wall became a budget bargaining chip, before the presidential pardon of a controversial sheriff and before federal policies were announced on social media, there was Arizona Senate Bill 1070, the "show me ...
Social Sciences
Oct 17, 2017
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