The Browning of the New South

Jennifer A. Jones

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9780226600987
  9780226600840
• eBook ISBN:
  9780226601038
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: American Government
• Index: Social Sciences

Studies of immigration to the United States have traditionally focused on a few key states and urban centers, but recent shifts in nonwhite settlement mean that these studies no longer paint the whole picture. Many Latino newcomers are flocking to places like the Southeast, where typically few such immigrants have settled, resulting in rapidly redrawn communities. In this historic moment, Jennifer Jones brings forth an ethnographic look at changing racial identities in one Southern city: Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This city turns out to be a natural experiment in race relations, having quickly shifted in the past few decades from a neatly black and white community to a triracial one. Jones tells the story of contemporary Winston-Salem through the eyes of its new Latino residents, revealing untold narratives of inclusion, exclusion, and interracial alliances. The Browning of the New South reveals how one community's racial realignments mirror and anticipate the future of national politics.
 

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• 1   Introduction: Race Relations and Demographic Change
• 2   Open Doors: Race and Immigration in the Twentieth Century
• 3   Closed Gates: The Rise of Local Enforcement
• 4   Racializing Mexicans: New Latinos
• 5   Making Minorities: The African American Embrace and Minority Linked Fate
• 6   The New South: New Minority Coalitions and White Retrenchment
• 7   Conclusion: Making Race: Conflict and Color Lines
• Acknowledgments
• Appendix A. Methodological Note: Race Work and Positionality
• Appendix B. Interview Questions
• Appendix C. Key Terms, Organizations, and Policies
• Notes
• References
• Index