Privilege without papers: Intersecting inequalities among 1.5-generation Brazilians in Massachusetts
Privilege without papers: Intersecting inequalities among 1.5-generation Brazilians in Massachusetts
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无证特权：马萨诸塞州 1.5 代巴西人之间的交叉不平等
DOI：
10.1177/1468796817752562
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发表时间：
2018
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影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Kara Cebulko
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作者：
Kara Cebulko
本文探讨了1.5代巴西人的案例，他们在20世纪80年代和90年代移民到马萨诸塞州，并在未经授权的情况下长大。与来自其他拉丁美洲群体的未经授权的青年相比，在这段时间内移民的巴西人相对享有特权：他们通常来自巴西中产阶级家庭，肤色相对较浅，并且作为2001年之前移民的签证逾期居留者，他们更有能力获得非常有限的公民身份。主要是在深入采访中，我认为，“特权没有文件”，即种族和/或社会阶层的特权与（IL）合法性的交集，塑造了他们的生活在重要和微妙的方式。事实上，一些一代半的巴西人非常清楚他们相对于其他来自拉丁美洲的未经授权的群体的特权。许多巴西人经历了在年轻成年时走向法律的包容的过程，要么是通过童年抵达者的延期行动，赠款部分包容，要么是通过婚姻或其他法律的特许，给予获得公民身份的途径。地位的变化带来了新的机会，一些安心，以及一定程度的合法性。然而，对许多人来说，包括几个可能被认为是白色的人，法律的排斥的遗产破坏了他们的归属感。
This paper explores the case of 1.5-generation Brazilians who migrated to Massachusetts in the 1980s and 1990s and grew up as unauthorized. Compared to unauthorized youth from other Latin American groups, Brazilians who migrated during this time are relatively privileged: they often come from Brazilian middle-class families, are relatively lighter-skinned, and as visa over-stayers who migrated pre-2001, they have been better positioned to access the very limited pathways to citizenship. Drawing primarily on in-depth interviews, I argue that “privilege without papers”—that is, the intersection of racial and/or social class privilege with (il)legality—shapes their lives in important and nuanced ways. Indeed, some 1.5-generation Brazilians are quite aware of their privilege relative to other unauthorized groups from Latin America. Many Brazilians have experienced movement toward legal inclusion in young adulthood either through Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which grants partial inclusion, or through marriage or other legal dispensations that grant pathways to citizenship. Shifts in status have brought new opportunities, some peace of mind, and a degree of legitimacy. Yet, for many, including several who could pass as White, the legacy of legal exclusion has undermined their sense of belonging.