Race, place, and fate in the City of Angels

Commentary on “The trajectory of the color line in a US immigrant gateway: hyperdiverse spatialization in Los Angeles” by Min Zhou and Nicholas V. DiRago

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ID11635135
AuthorsManuel Pastor (0000-0002-4638-3778, Equity Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA)
Year2023
Volume46
Issue11
Pages2502-2509
Publication date2023-02-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2023.2177515
OpenAlexW4321370438
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

Zhou and DiRago significantly update and advance our understanding of immigrant life in Los Angeles. One primary contribution: their insistence that older models of assimilation do not likely describe the new norm and that researchers should pay careful attention to the emerging patterns revealed by the Latinization of South L.A. and the emerging ethnoburbs of the San Gabriel Valley. I suggest that a fuller picture should also take into account how the asymmetry of Black-Latino exposure problematizes a sense of “shared fate” at the regional level. I also note the key role of social movements in promoting immigrant integration in the Los Angeles metro and suggest that the polycentric nature of the region requires that these movements develop a deeper reach into immigrant-heavy suburbs

Gateway (web page · Immigration · Political science · Race (biology · Sociology · Spatialization · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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