Race, Ethnicity, and Migration

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1 Instructor: Yao-Tai Li Time: TBD Office Hour: TBD Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Course Description Sociologists are interested in understanding the complexities of race and ethnicity from different perspectives and in explaining how such complexities are produced and reproduced over time and in diverse social settings. This course will particularly focus on the context of migration, because migration involves how race and ethnicity are highlighted, transformed, and understood. In addition, we will examine how race and ethnicity compose networks and influence people s identities within the migration processes. We will view the social construction of race, ethnicity, and migration as a historically-situated yet shifting process that generates particular social understandings and experiences. The purpose of this course is to enable students to understand the concepts of race and ethnicity in the migration processes, including how race and ethnicity intersect with migration, as well as how different migration contexts influence the development and significance of race and ethnicity. As such, the course will address theoretical traditions and debates surrounding the concepts of race, ethnicity, citizenship, and immigration policy; grounding in both the history and process of migration in the US and global contexts. Course Goals By the end of this course, you will have acquired the following skills: a strong awareness of the social meanings of race, ethnicity, and migration a capacity for discerning the intersections of race, ethnicity, and migration in diverse contexts an understanding of how race and ethnicity associate with migration generate, reproduce, and sometimes mitigate or exacerbate inequalities between groups an ability to articulate these concepts from various angles, drawing on contrasting ideas and perspectives, and to critically evaluate their contributions. an ability to express, both orally and in writing, your own ideas related to the subject matter Course Requirement Be ready to start class on time Read the course materials, prepare questions for class Treat everyone with respect Turn off cell phones and other electronic devices Check your account daily Course Materials The course readings are available online and will be posted on my blog: 1

2 Office Hours My office hours and places are TBD. Other time scheduled by appointment via Evaluation I believe the most effective way of learning is through the process of critically analyzing an issue that you genuinely care about. In this course I do not expect you to memorize theories and their arguments. Instead, I will train your abilities to appropriately apply these theories and relevant data to your own arguments. Your course grade is based on: class participation, a mid-term exam, an outline of your final paper, and the final essay. 1. Class participation (10%): We will have open and active discussions in class. This means that you will be expected to contribute your thoughts, listen carefully to others, and be prepared to respond to questions and raise questions on a regular basis. I might have in-class assignments occasionally (e.g., ask you to write 1-2 paragraphs of reflection). The objective is to ensure that all students have the opportunity to engage with the readings and topics regularly and actively. 2. Mid-term Exam (40%): You will have an in-class mid-term exam that covers the readings we have gone through in the first half of this course (week 1 8). There will be both short answers and essay questions. I will announce more details one week before the mid-term. 3. Outline of final essay (10%): During the course you will have to prepare a topic that you are most interested in and care about. You can analyze an issue which has or has not been talked about in class. The outline should be no longer than 1 page. The outline should address your research question for the final essay, your main argument, the theories you will have a conversation with, and the data you are going to analyze. It will be due at the end of week Final essay (40%): As mentioned, an important goal of the course is to help you sharpen your skills for developing well-reasoned and well-written arguments that draw on sociological perspectives of immigration. Based on your outline, the final essay is expected to show what you have learned throughout the course and your ability to critically analyze a topic or phenomenon that you care about. For this essay I will particularly focus on your main argument and how well you connect it to the theories and use the data to substantiate it. 2

3 Course Schedule This schedule is subject to revision as we proceed. Any changes will be announced in class. Week 1 Introduction and Conceptual Frameworks: What Is Race & Ethnicity? Cornell, Stephen and Douglas Hartmann Mapping the Terrain: Definitions. In Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing World, chapter 2. Omi, Michael and Howard Winant Racial Formation. In Racial Formation in the United States, chapter 4. Week 2 How Are Issues of Race & Ethnicity Important in a Migration Context? Silverstein, Paul A Immigrant Racialization and the New Savage Slot: Race, Migration, and Immigration in the New Europe. Annual Review of Anthropology 34: Week 3 Historical and Theoretical Contexts for Understanding the Intersection between Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Brubaker, Rogers Ethnicity, Race and Nationalism. Annual Review of Sociology 35: Bhopal, Raj S Research on and with Migrant, Ethnic and Racial Minority Groups: Past and Future. In: Migration, Ethnicity, Race, and Health in Multicultural Societies, chapter 9. Munck, Ronaldo Race, Migration and Citizenship. In Globalization and Social Exclusion: A Transformationalist Perspective, chapter 6. Week 4 Immigration Law and Policy: How They Affect Race and Ethnicity FitzGerald, David and David Cook-Martín The United States: Paragon of Liberal Democracy and Racism. In: Culling the Masses: The Democratic Origins of Racist Immigration Policy in the Americas, chapter 3 Lieberman, Robert C The Development of Employment Discrimination Policy. In Shaping Race Policy: The United States in Comparative Perspective, chapter 7. Tichenor, Daniel J The Politics of Immigration Control: Understanding the Rise and Fall of Policy Regimes. In Dividing Lines: The Politics of Immigration Control in America, chapter 2 Week 5 Citizenship: Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. Bloemraad, Irene Becoming a Citizen: Incorporating Immigrants and Refugees in the United States and Canada, chapter 2 and chapter 4 Week 6 Citizenship: Race and Ethnicity in the Global Perspective Brubaker, Rogers Immigration, Citizenship, and the Nation-State in France and Germany: A Comparative Historical Analysis. International Sociology 5:

4 Nawyn, Stephanie J I Have So Many Successful Stories : Framing Social Citizenship for Refugees. Citizenship Studies 15(6-7): Rodriguez, Robyn M Migrant Heroes: Nationalism, Citizenship and the Politics of Filipino Migrant Labor. Citizenship Studies 6(3): Week 7 Assimilation and Incorporation: Race and Ethnicity in the US Alba, Richard and Victor Nee Rethinking Assimilation Theory for a New Era of Immigration. International Migration Review 31(4): Portes, Alejandro., Fernández-Kelly, Patricia and William Haller The Adaptation of Immigrant Second Generation in America: A Theoretical Overview and Recent Evidence. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 35(7): Zhou, Min Segmented Assimilation: Issues, Controversies, and Recent Research on the New Second Generation. International Migration Review 31(4): Gans, Herbert J Toward a Reconciliation of Assimilation and Pluralism : The Interplay of Acculturation and Ethnic Retention. In The Handbook of International Migration (chapter 8). New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Week 8 Assimilation and Incorporation: Race and Ethnicity in Global Societies Marger, Martin N Global Issues of Ethnic Conflict and Change. Race and Ethnic Relations: American and Global Perspectives, chapter 17. Bastian, Brock Immigration, Multiculturalism and the Changing Face of Australia. In Diane Bretherton and Nikola Balvin (eds.) Peace Psychology in Australia, chapter 4. Schneider, Jens and Maurice Crul Comparative Integration Context Theory: Participation and Belonging in New Diverse European Cities. In Theorising Integration and Assimilation, chapter 7. Mid-term exam in class Week 9 Racial/Ethnic Network Waldinger, Roger The Making and Remaking of the Ethnic Niche. In Still the Promised City? African-Americans and New Immigrants in Post-Industrial New York, chapter 4. Peng, Dajin Ethnic Chinese business networks and the Asia-Pacific economic Integration. Journal of Asian and African Studies 35: Week 10 Racial/Ethnic Business and Economy Waldinger, Roger and Howard Aldrich Trends in Ethnic Business in the United States. In Ethnic Entrepreneurs: Immigrant Business in Industrial Society, chapter 2. 4

5 Zhou, Min Chinatown: The Socioeconomic Potential of an Urban Enclave, chapter 5 and chapter 6. Final essay outline due Week Racial and Ethnic Identity within Migration Colic-Peisker, Val Migration, Class, and Transnational Identities: Croatians in Australia and America, chapter 3. Waters, Mary C Ethnic and Racial Identities of Second-Generation Black Immigrants in New York City. International Migration Review 28(4): Yen Espiritu Coming Together: The Asian American Movement. In Asian American Panethnicity: Bridging Institutions and Identities, chapter 2. Yao-Tai Li Playing at the Ethnic Boundary: Strategic Boundary Making/Unmaking among Ethnic Chinese Groups in Australia. Ethnic and Racial Studies 39(4): Week Racialied/Ethnicized Body within Migration Ngai, Mae From Colonial Subject to Undesirable Alien: Filipino Migration in the Invisible Empire. In Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America, chapter 3. Parreñas, Rhacel S The U.S. War on Trafficking and the Moral Disciplining of Migrant Women. In The Force of Domesticity: Filipina Migrants and Globalization, chapter 6. Pei-Chia Lan Crossing Borders and Gender Divides. In Global Cinderellas: Migrant Domestics and Newly Rich Employers in Taiwan, chapter 4. Week Comparing Dynamics of Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Joppke, Christian The Legal-Domestic Sources of Immigrant Rights: The United States, Germany, and the European Union. Comparative Political Studies, 34(4): Zhou, Min Contemporary Immigration and the Dynamics of Race and Ethnicity. In Racial Trends and Their Consequences, Volume 1, chapter 7. Skrentny, John D., et al Defining Nations in Asia and Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Ethnic Return Migration Policy. International Migration Review 41(4): Final essay due: TBD 5