K Ebert
Biographic Data
| ID | 17631 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K Ebert |
| GIVEN NAMES | K |
| FAMILY NAME | Ebert |
| SIGNATURE | EBERT K |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Carolina State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4076-7551 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 162 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
A Future for White Children”: Examining Family Ideologies of White Extremist Groups at the Intersection of Race and Gender
Many White Americans believe that racism, racial violence, and hate groups are relics of the past, and yet we have witnessed the resurgence of White extremist groups and overt racism in recent years. This resurgence requires an examination of White extremist ideologies, particularly as they center traditional family values in justifying their extremism. In this study, we utilize a content analysis of the websites of six White extremist organizati…
Migration and Racialization Part II: The Light and Shadow of Inclusion
Migration and Racialization Part I: Constructing and Navigating a Hostile Terrain
The House Is on Fire but We Kept the Burglars Out: Racial Apathy and White Ignorance in Pandemic-Era Immigration Detention
Past research shows that crises reveal the sensitive spots of established ideologies and practices, thereby providing opportunities for social change. We investigated immigration control amid the pandemic crisis, focusing on potential openings for both challengers and proponents of immigration detention. We asked: How have these groups responded to the pandemic crisis? Have they called for transformative change? We analyzed an original data set o…
Brainwashing for the Right Reasons With the Right Message: Ideology and Political Subjectivity in Black Organizing
Media outlets and academics often oversimplify and mischaracterize current manifestations of Black mobilization as a movement that opposes police violence against Black men, supports police reform, and desires assimilation and integration into the state. In reality, however, the movement is much more complex. We examine how Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100), a prominent organization in the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), creates, teaches, and neg…
Ideological Legitimacy, Color-blindness, and Racially Conservative Organizations
Although scholars of racial inequality have investigated the transformation of racial ideologies in the post-Civil Rights Era, comparatively little research has been done on a corresponding transformation in racial advocacy organizing. Using an original dataset, I introduce racially conservative organizations, provide a history of their growth from 1960 to 2000, and estimate their formation in metropolitan areas over three decades to better speci…
Polarized Toward Apathy: An Analysis of the Privatized Immigration-Control Debate in the Trump Era
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Apathy and Color-Blindness in Privatized Immigration Control
Despite several widely covered scandals involving the role of for-profit corporations in administering immigration policy, the privatization of immigration control continues apace with the criminalization of immigration. How does this practice sustain its legitimacy among the public amid so much controversy? Recent studies on the criminalization of immigration suggest that supporters would explicitly vilify immigrants to defend the privatization …
Policing Immigrants: Local Law Enforcement on the Front Lines
Examining the Reach of Color Blindness: Ideological Flexibility, Frame Alignment, and Legitimacy among Racially Conservative and Extremist Organizations
Erinn Brooksa, Kim Ebertb* & Tyler Flockhartba Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana, USAb Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USAErinn Brooks is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice at Manchester University, Manchester, Indiana. Her research examine…
Apathy and Antipathy: Media Coverage of Restrictive Immigration Legislation and the Maintenance of Symbolic Boundaries
Although the government no longer explicitly establishes boundaries of whiteness, it continues to play a central role in shaping symbolic boundaries between immigrants and nonimmigrants through immigration lawmaking. However, the salience of these boundaries may depend on how the media disseminate them to the public. In this study, we investigate media framing of immigration lawmaking using an original data set of news coverage of six of the most…
Group Boundaries, Immigrant Inclusion, and the Politics of Immigrant-Native Relations
In multiethnic nation-states experiencing new flows of immigrants, political officials and citizens alike have expressed hostility in the form of demonstrations, campaigns, vandalism, and even policies. Yet local communities have also displayed public support for immigrants in the form of protests and advocacy efforts. Past literature has almost exclusively focused on anti-immigrant activity, using theories of group threat and competition, which …
Symbolic Politics of the State: The Case of In-state Tuition Bills for Undocumented Students
A symbolic politics approach contends that the meanings policy proposals convey, and the audiences they attract, may matter more than whether they become law. Yet, we know little about the sociopolitical conditions prompting lawmakers to engage in symbolic politics. Using a new data set, we analyze proposals to expand or restrict in-state college tuition for undocumented students and find that national events-House of Representatives Bill 4437 an…
Legitimating Contexts, Immigrant Power, and Exclusionary Actions
In multi-ethnic nation-states, opposition to immigration has manifested itself in attitudes and behaviors. Past research has typically focused on anti-immigrant attitudes, and relied on threat and competition theories to explain patterns in such attitudes. These theories suggest that perceived threats stemming from new influxes or large concentrations of immigrants should prompt dominant groups to protect their interests, leading to anti-immigran…
Anti-Immigrant Ordinances and Discrimination in New and Established Destinations
Immigrants and their children come to the U.S. in search of upward mobility, but in many contexts they experience discrimination and restrictive political climates. Contexts vary widely, however, given the growing number of new immigrant destinations. Past studies tend to focus on what immigrants and their children are (or are not) doing to adapt to local contexts, a focus that strengthens the perception that immigrants are a "problem" group. In …
When Organizations Matter: Threatening Demographics, Supportive Politics, and Immigration Lawmaking1
Increasingly, scholars have argued that immigration politics are inseparable from racial politics, which implies that organizations and individuals who mobilize around racial group interests influence racialandimmigration attitudes and behaviors. How does the racial-political context influence anti-immigration lawmaking? In what ways does this influence vary at different stages of lawmaking? To address these questions, we combine comprehensive da…
Social Citizenship, Integration and Collective Action: Immigrant Civic Engagement in the United States
Collective action has been examined in studies of worker insurgency, homeless protest, the Civil Rights movement and white backlash against racial minorities. Relatively few studies, however, focus on noncontentious forms of immigrant collective action. Utilizing a new data set comprising over 1,000 immigrant civic events, we examine whether the civic and political environment within metropolitan areas affect civic engagement. Our results indicat…
El Campeón de Los Hispanos? Comparing the coverage of Latino/a collective action in Spanish- and English-language newspapers
Beyond the Ballot: Immigrant Collective Action in Gateways and New Destinations in the United States
Most studies that attempt to understand immigrant political incorporation focus on patterns of electoral participation and citizenship acquisition. Given that nearly 60 percent of the foreign-born population in the United States is comprised of noncitizens, we argue that past studies miss an important dimension of the immigrant political incorporation process. In this article, we move beyond the ballot by documenting patterns of immigrant protest…
Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age
Beyond the Ballot: Immigrant Collective Action in Gateways and New Destinations in the United States
Most studies that attempt to understand immigrant political incorporation focus on patterns of electoral participation and citizenship acquisition. Given that nearly 60 percent of the foreign-born population in the United States is comprised of noncitizens, we argue that past studies miss an important dimension of the immigrant political incorporation process. In this article, we move beyond the ballot by documenting patterns of immigrant protest…
Anti-Immigrant Ordinances and Discrimination in New and Established Destinations
Immigrants and their children come to the U.S. in search of upward mobility, but in many contexts they experience discrimination and restrictive political climates. Contexts vary widely, however, given the growing number of new immigrant destinations. Past studies tend to focus on what immigrants and their children are (or are not) doing to adapt to local contexts, a focus that strengthens the perception that immigrants are a "problem" group. In …
Apathy and Antipathy: Media Coverage of Restrictive Immigration Legislation and the Maintenance of Symbolic Boundaries
Although the government no longer explicitly establishes boundaries of whiteness, it continues to play a central role in shaping symbolic boundaries between immigrants and nonimmigrants through immigration lawmaking. However, the salience of these boundaries may depend on how the media disseminate them to the public. In this study, we investigate media framing of immigration lawmaking using an original data set of news coverage of six of the most…
Group Boundaries, Immigrant Inclusion, and the Politics of Immigrant-Native Relations
In multiethnic nation-states experiencing new flows of immigrants, political officials and citizens alike have expressed hostility in the form of demonstrations, campaigns, vandalism, and even policies. Yet local communities have also displayed public support for immigrants in the form of protests and advocacy efforts. Past literature has almost exclusively focused on anti-immigrant activity, using theories of group threat and competition, which …
Legitimating Contexts, Immigrant Power, and Exclusionary Actions
In multi-ethnic nation-states, opposition to immigration has manifested itself in attitudes and behaviors. Past research has typically focused on anti-immigrant attitudes, and relied on threat and competition theories to explain patterns in such attitudes. These theories suggest that perceived threats stemming from new influxes or large concentrations of immigrants should prompt dominant groups to protect their interests, leading to anti-immigran…
Examining the Reach of Color Blindness: Ideological Flexibility, Frame Alignment, and Legitimacy among Racially Conservative and Extremist Organizations
Erinn Brooksa, Kim Ebertb* & Tyler Flockhartba Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana, USAb Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USAErinn Brooks is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice at Manchester University, Manchester, Indiana. Her research examine…
Apathy and Color-Blindness in Privatized Immigration Control
Despite several widely covered scandals involving the role of for-profit corporations in administering immigration policy, the privatization of immigration control continues apace with the criminalization of immigration. How does this practice sustain its legitimacy among the public amid so much controversy? Recent studies on the criminalization of immigration suggest that supporters would explicitly vilify immigrants to defend the privatization …
When Organizations Matter: Threatening Demographics, Supportive Politics, and Immigration Lawmaking1
Increasingly, scholars have argued that immigration politics are inseparable from racial politics, which implies that organizations and individuals who mobilize around racial group interests influence racialandimmigration attitudes and behaviors. How does the racial-political context influence anti-immigration lawmaking? In what ways does this influence vary at different stages of lawmaking? To address these questions, we combine comprehensive da…
Brainwashing for the Right Reasons With the Right Message: Ideology and Political Subjectivity in Black Organizing
Media outlets and academics often oversimplify and mischaracterize current manifestations of Black mobilization as a movement that opposes police violence against Black men, supports police reform, and desires assimilation and integration into the state. In reality, however, the movement is much more complex. We examine how Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100), a prominent organization in the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), creates, teaches, and neg…
Ideological Legitimacy, Color-blindness, and Racially Conservative Organizations
Although scholars of racial inequality have investigated the transformation of racial ideologies in the post-Civil Rights Era, comparatively little research has been done on a corresponding transformation in racial advocacy organizing. Using an original dataset, I introduce racially conservative organizations, provide a history of their growth from 1960 to 2000, and estimate their formation in metropolitan areas over three decades to better speci…
Symbolic Politics of the State: The Case of In-state Tuition Bills for Undocumented Students
A symbolic politics approach contends that the meanings policy proposals convey, and the audiences they attract, may matter more than whether they become law. Yet, we know little about the sociopolitical conditions prompting lawmakers to engage in symbolic politics. Using a new data set, we analyze proposals to expand or restrict in-state college tuition for undocumented students and find that national events-House of Representatives Bill 4437 an…
Migration and Racialization Part I: Constructing and Navigating a Hostile Terrain
Migration and Racialization Part II: The Light and Shadow of Inclusion
Polarized Toward Apathy: An Analysis of the Privatized Immigration-Control Debate in the Trump Era
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Policing Immigrants: Local Law Enforcement on the Front Lines
El Campeón de Los Hispanos? Comparing the coverage of Latino/a collective action in Spanish- and English-language newspapers
Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age
Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age
Beyond the Ballot: Immigrant Collective Action in Gateways and New Destinations in the United States
Most studies that attempt to understand immigrant political incorporation focus on patterns of electoral participation and citizenship acquisition. Given that nearly 60 percent of the foreign-born population in the United States is comprised of noncitizens, we argue that past studies miss an important dimension of the immigrant political incorporation process. In this article, we move beyond the ballot by documenting patterns of immigrant protest…
El Campeón de Los Hispanos? Comparing the coverage of Latino/a collective action in Spanish- and English-language newspapers
Social Citizenship, Integration and Collective Action: Immigrant Civic Engagement in the United States
Collective action has been examined in studies of worker insurgency, homeless protest, the Civil Rights movement and white backlash against racial minorities. Relatively few studies, however, focus on noncontentious forms of immigrant collective action. Utilizing a new data set comprising over 1,000 immigrant civic events, we examine whether the civic and political environment within metropolitan areas affect civic engagement. Our results indicat…
Anti-Immigrant Ordinances and Discrimination in New and Established Destinations
Immigrants and their children come to the U.S. in search of upward mobility, but in many contexts they experience discrimination and restrictive political climates. Contexts vary widely, however, given the growing number of new immigrant destinations. Past studies tend to focus on what immigrants and their children are (or are not) doing to adapt to local contexts, a focus that strengthens the perception that immigrants are a "problem" group. In …
When Organizations Matter: Threatening Demographics, Supportive Politics, and Immigration Lawmaking1
Increasingly, scholars have argued that immigration politics are inseparable from racial politics, which implies that organizations and individuals who mobilize around racial group interests influence racialandimmigration attitudes and behaviors. How does the racial-political context influence anti-immigration lawmaking? In what ways does this influence vary at different stages of lawmaking? To address these questions, we combine comprehensive da…
Legitimating Contexts, Immigrant Power, and Exclusionary Actions
In multi-ethnic nation-states, opposition to immigration has manifested itself in attitudes and behaviors. Past research has typically focused on anti-immigrant attitudes, and relied on threat and competition theories to explain patterns in such attitudes. These theories suggest that perceived threats stemming from new influxes or large concentrations of immigrants should prompt dominant groups to protect their interests, leading to anti-immigran…
Apathy and Antipathy: Media Coverage of Restrictive Immigration Legislation and the Maintenance of Symbolic Boundaries
Although the government no longer explicitly establishes boundaries of whiteness, it continues to play a central role in shaping symbolic boundaries between immigrants and nonimmigrants through immigration lawmaking. However, the salience of these boundaries may depend on how the media disseminate them to the public. In this study, we investigate media framing of immigration lawmaking using an original data set of news coverage of six of the most…
Group Boundaries, Immigrant Inclusion, and the Politics of Immigrant-Native Relations
In multiethnic nation-states experiencing new flows of immigrants, political officials and citizens alike have expressed hostility in the form of demonstrations, campaigns, vandalism, and even policies. Yet local communities have also displayed public support for immigrants in the form of protests and advocacy efforts. Past literature has almost exclusively focused on anti-immigrant activity, using theories of group threat and competition, which …
Symbolic Politics of the State: The Case of In-state Tuition Bills for Undocumented Students
A symbolic politics approach contends that the meanings policy proposals convey, and the audiences they attract, may matter more than whether they become law. Yet, we know little about the sociopolitical conditions prompting lawmakers to engage in symbolic politics. Using a new data set, we analyze proposals to expand or restrict in-state college tuition for undocumented students and find that national events-House of Representatives Bill 4437 an…
Policing Immigrants: Local Law Enforcement on the Front Lines
Examining the Reach of Color Blindness: Ideological Flexibility, Frame Alignment, and Legitimacy among Racially Conservative and Extremist Organizations
Erinn Brooksa, Kim Ebertb* & Tyler Flockhartba Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana, USAb Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USAErinn Brooks is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice at Manchester University, Manchester, Indiana. Her research examine…
Polarized Toward Apathy: An Analysis of the Privatized Immigration-Control Debate in the Trump Era
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Apathy and Color-Blindness in Privatized Immigration Control
Despite several widely covered scandals involving the role of for-profit corporations in administering immigration policy, the privatization of immigration control continues apace with the criminalization of immigration. How does this practice sustain its legitimacy among the public amid so much controversy? Recent studies on the criminalization of immigration suggest that supporters would explicitly vilify immigrants to defend the privatization …
The House Is on Fire but We Kept the Burglars Out: Racial Apathy and White Ignorance in Pandemic-Era Immigration Detention
Past research shows that crises reveal the sensitive spots of established ideologies and practices, thereby providing opportunities for social change. We investigated immigration control amid the pandemic crisis, focusing on potential openings for both challengers and proponents of immigration detention. We asked: How have these groups responded to the pandemic crisis? Have they called for transformative change? We analyzed an original data set o…
Brainwashing for the Right Reasons With the Right Message: Ideology and Political Subjectivity in Black Organizing
Media outlets and academics often oversimplify and mischaracterize current manifestations of Black mobilization as a movement that opposes police violence against Black men, supports police reform, and desires assimilation and integration into the state. In reality, however, the movement is much more complex. We examine how Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100), a prominent organization in the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), creates, teaches, and neg…
Ideological Legitimacy, Color-blindness, and Racially Conservative Organizations
Although scholars of racial inequality have investigated the transformation of racial ideologies in the post-Civil Rights Era, comparatively little research has been done on a corresponding transformation in racial advocacy organizing. Using an original dataset, I introduce racially conservative organizations, provide a history of their growth from 1960 to 2000, and estimate their formation in metropolitan areas over three decades to better speci…
Migration and Racialization Part II: The Light and Shadow of Inclusion
Migration and Racialization Part I: Constructing and Navigating a Hostile Terrain
A Future for White Children”: Examining Family Ideologies of White Extremist Groups at the Intersection of Race and Gender
Many White Americans believe that racism, racial violence, and hate groups are relics of the past, and yet we have witnessed the resurgence of White extremist groups and overt racism in recent years. This resurgence requires an examination of White extremist ideologies, particularly as they center traditional family values in justifying their extremism. In this study, we utilize a content analysis of the websites of six White extremist organizati…
Sociology (19 works) · Political science (18 works) · Law (17 works) · Immigration (13 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (13 works) · Politics (13 works) · Political economy (11 works) · Criminology (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (8 works)