SOC U407 - The Immigrant Experience:Ethnicity,Race,and Inequality in America

Institution:

Northeastern University

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Description:

Explores the integration of today's immigrants into the housing and labor markets and political system by their ethnicity and race. Focuses on how immigrant children and the children of immigrants are incorporating into American society. Addresses several key questions, including: (1) How do white and nonwhite immigrants compare to native-born whites and nonwhites with respect to their residential attainment (2) Do white and nonwhite immigrants negatively affect native-born white and nonwhite workers (3) How politically active are white and nonwhite immigrants relative to their native-born counterparts Students research how immigrants are incorporating into the Boston metropolitan area.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.northeastern.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 373-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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