White Supremacy, Patriarchy, and Global Capitalism in Migration Studies

Ten years after sociologist Mary Romero lamented the “ideological and theoretical gulf between immigration research and the sociology of race,” researchers have begun to bridge this theoretical gulf by centering critical race theory in studies of migration. Building on these analyses, this article a...

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Published inThe American behavioral scientist (Beverly Hills) Vol. 63; no. 13; pp. 1741 - 1759
Main Authors Golash-Boza, Tanya, Duenas, Maria D., Xiong, Chia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.11.2019
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Capitalism
Children
Critical race theory
Critical theory
Exploitation
Geographic mobility
Global economy
Globalization
Ideology
Immigrants
Immigration
Intersectionality
Labor market
Labor migration
Migrants
Migration
Oppression
Patriarchy
Race
Sociologists
Sociology
White supremacy
white supremacy
immigration
intersectionality
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Summary:Ten years after sociologist Mary Romero lamented the “ideological and theoretical gulf between immigration research and the sociology of race,” researchers have begun to bridge this theoretical gulf by centering critical race theory in studies of migration. Building on these analyses, this article argues that migration flows and immigrant incorporation are shaped not only by white supremacy but also by patriarchy and global capitalism. Insofar as migrants, predominantly from the Global South, are usually racialized as non-white, and come to work in a labor market shaped by exploitation, oppression, and patriarchy, it is critical to think of migrant flows and settlement within the context of what bell hooks describes as a White supremacist capitalist patriarchy. We draw from examples from our research with a broad spectrum of migrants and their children to elucidate how these three systems of oppression shape the experiences of migrants.
ISSN:0002-7642
1552-3381
DOI:10.1177/0002764219842624