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Item Details
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THE "HUDDLED MASSES" MYTH
IMMIGRATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS |
| By: |
Kevin R. Johnson |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£41.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1592132057 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781592132058 |
| Publisher: |
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS,U.S. |
| Pub. date: |
1 December, 2003 |
| Pages: |
264 |
| Description: |
Despite rhetoric that suggests that the United States opens its doors to virtually anyone, immigration has been restricted since the nation began. This book argues that immigration policy reflects the social hierarchy that prevails in American society as a whole and that immigration reform is intertwined with the struggle for civil rights. |
| Synopsis: |
Despite rhetoric that suggests that the United States opens its doors to virtually anyone who wants to come here, immigration has been restricted since the nation began. In this book, Kevin R. Johnson argues that immigration policy reflects the social hierarchy that prevails in American society as a whole and that immigration reform is intertwined with the struggle for civil rights. The ""Huddled Masses" Myth" focuses on the exclusion of people of color, gays and lesbians, people with disabilities, the poor, political dissidents, and other disfavored groups, showing how bias shapes the law.In the nineteenth century, for example, virulent anti-Asian bias excluded would-be immigrants from China and severely restricted those from Japan. In our own time, people fleeing persecution and poverty in Haiti generally have been treated much differently from those fleeing Cuba. Johnson further argues that although domestic minorities (whether citizens or lawful immigrants) enjoy legal protections and might even be courted by politicians, they are regarded as subordinate groups and suffer discrimination.This book has particular resonance today as the public debates the uncertain status of immigrants from Arab countries and of the Muslim faith. Author note: Kevin R. Johnson is Associate Dean as well as Professor of Law and Chicana/o Studies at The University of California, Davis. His book, "How Did You Get to Be Mexican?: A White/Brown Man's Search for Identity" was published by Temple in 1999. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Temple University Press,U.S. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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