Wait your turn! Black-Brown conflict and political action against Latinos Open Access
Brown, Jacob Robert (2012)
Abstract
Abstract
Wait your turn! Black-Brown conflict and political action against
Latinos
The increasing presence of Latinos in the Sun Belt region of the
United States raises questions
on how these new residents will fit into the political framework of
the region. Scholarly
research suggests that new racial groups are often met with concern
and hostility, as they are
viewed as threatening political and economic competition. This
study examines the political
responses to the increasing presence of Latinos in the Sun Belt.
Specifical y, it analyzes whether
group threat theory in the context of Black-Brown relations can be
applied to explain political
action against Latinos at the county level. This article tests the
hypothesis that the increasing
presence of Latinos wil heighten perceptions of group threat among
Blacks, so therefore there
will be a greater likelihood of the proposal of anti-immigrant
ordinances in counties with
competing Black and Latino populations. The presence of
anti-immigrant ordinances is tested
against population and economic variables in order to
comprehensively examine group threat's
effect in this specific racial context. The results provide
evidence that counties with sizable
Black and Latino populations are more likely to consider
anti-immigrant ordinances. Other
results are inconclusive but provide a jumping off point for a
larger discussion of group conflict
and the political responses to Latinos in the United
States.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
The Politics of Group Competition: A review of the literature
6
Hypotheses 11
Data and Methods 15
Results 26
Discussion 31
Conclusion 43
References 45
Appendix 52
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