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The Impact of Immigration on African Americans (Hardcover)
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The Impact of Immigration on African Americans (Hardcover)
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Immigration has significant consequences for all Americans, but
especially for African Americans.aThe sheer magnitude of
immigration--it is the primary factor driving population growth--is
so large that it directly or indirectly affects the economic,
political, social, and environmental circumstances of most
Americans.aBut the geographic concentration of immigrants in urban
areas, and the economic concentration of immigrants in the low-wage
sector of the labor market, have special consequences for African
Americans since they are especially likely to live in urban areas
and to be low-wage workers.These effects can be both negative and
positive. Immigration has sharply increased the supply of labor
into the low-wage sector of the labor market, which tends to reduce
wages and employment opportunities for low-wage native workers.
Employers may prefer hiring immigrants, who are perceived to be
hard working and uncomplaining, to hiring African Americans.
Immigrants can also increase the competition for scarce public
services (especially education) on which African Americans depend.
Yet immigration can also stimulate economic growth and urban
revitalization, which can increase job opportunities and spread an
ideology of multiculturalism. Immigration can dilute the political
power of African Americans, but it can also strengthen the civil
rights coalition. Immigration can benefit some groups while hurting
others.This volume presents research and analysis that reflects and
advances the debates about the economic and political consequences
of immigration for African Americans. The contributors include
Gerald Jaynes (Yale University), Vernon Briggs (Cornell
University), Frank Bean and Jennifer Lee (University of California,
Irvine), Robert Cherry (Brooklyn College), Manuel Pastor
(University of California, Santa Cruz) and Enrique Marcelli
(University of Massachusetts, Boston), Steven Camarota (Center for
Immigration Studies), Frank Morris (University of Texas, Dallas),
Steven Shulman (Colorado State University) and Hannes Johannsson
(Office of the Comptroller of the Currency), and Lisa Catanzarite
(University of California, Los Angeles).
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