Discrimination of migrants in receiving communitiesMexican migrants in the USA

Why is this case a problem in the post-positivist agenda?

• Host countries see the lack of assimilation of migrants as detrimental for the society and discriminate them for it. However, at the same time, discrimination discourages assimilation.

What post-positivist theory is the most suited for analyzing this problem?

• Post-colonialism.

General argument

• Discrimination by recieving communities is caused by the «othering» of migrants.

«othering»

• the social and/or psychological ways in which one group excludes or marginalizes another group.

Brief history of the problem

Early 20th century

•Jews and italians “non white”

1924 – “Immigration

act”

1940 -•“Alien

registration act”

1986•Immigration Amnesty Act

2001• “patriot act”

2010–“SB1070”

Winners & losers

International impact

Shortcomings of the theory

Authors and publications

• Eva Bischoff & Elisabeth Engel «Colonialism and Beyond: Race and Migration from a Postcolonial Perspective”

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