As part of our Speaker Series, Dr. Jennifer A. Jones offers three recommendations in connection with her upcoming talk, “Organizing for Inclusion? Race-Making and the Quest for Immigrant Rights in the U.S. South,” on February 10.
The Browning of the New South by Jennifer A. Jones
Studies of immigration to the United States have traditionally focused on a few key states and urban centers, but recent shifts in nonwhite settlement mean that these studies no longer paint the whole picture. Many Latino newcomers are flocking to places like the Southeast, where typically few such immigrants have settled, resulting in rapidly redrawn communities. In this historic moment, Jennifer Jones brings forth an ethnographic look at changing racial identities in one Southern city: Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This city turns out to be a natural experiment in race relations, having quickly shifted in the past few decades from a neatly black and white community to a triracial one. Jones tells the story of contemporary Winston-Salem through the eyes of its new Latino residents, revealing untold narratives of inclusion, exclusion, and interracial alliances. The Browning of the New South reveals how one community’s racial realignments mirror and anticipate the future of national politics.
This American Life
Hosted by Ira Glass and Miki Meek, December 8, 2017
Episodes 632 – “Our Town” Parts 1
We spent eight months and did over a hundred interviews to try to bypass the usual rhetoric and get to the bottom of what really happened when undocumented workers showed up in one Alabama town.
Episodes 633 – “Our Town” Parts 2
So many people in Albertville, Alabama, wondered what it cost them in taxes when thousands of undocumented immigrants moved to their town. One woman drove our host Ira Glass to the grocery store to watch a random Latina mom buy some milk with government assistance to try to prove her point. So what’d all the newcomers really cost? And what was their effect on crime, schools, and politics?
Immigration Nation (2020)
TV Series • Documentary
Directed by Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz, the series consists of footage filmed from 2017 to 2020 of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency’s work during the Trump era.
