Mobility Strategies in Middle Class Families

SES-0826178艾琳布朗Belisa冈萨雷斯埃默里大学这个试点项目研究的作用，歧视的流动战略的中产阶级移民墨西哥和多米尼加家庭在亚特兰大大都市地区。 通过深入访谈，PI解决了以下研究问题：1）歧视的经历是否会影响多米尼加和墨西哥裔中产阶级父母关于居住地点，孩子上什么学校以及加入哪些组织（流动战略）的决定？对其他群体的歧视做法是否影响了中产阶级多米尼加和墨西哥血统父母的流动战略？ 这个比较项目超越了黑人/白色人向上流动的路径范式。 它带来了新的理论和经验知识，这将有助于我们更好地了解种族和族群关系如何塑造这些明显不同的拉丁裔群体之间的阶级优势的代际传递。 通过关注亚特兰大，这项研究将深入了解新移民目的地之一的种族、民族和阶级动态，在那里，历史上的黑人/白色种族关系遭到了挑战，并可能发生变化。PI将从四个社区采访一小部分墨西哥家庭和多米尼加家庭。试点研究将使PI能够确定在亚特兰大大都市区的一系列社区中定位中产阶级墨西哥和多米尼加家庭的可行性。更广泛的影响：研究结果可以为政策提供信息，以打击住房和学校教育方面持续存在的种族和民族不平等。 通过确定歧视影响亚特兰大中产阶级墨西哥和多米尼加儿童命运的关键决定的机制，研究将确定流动的潜在障碍，并发现历史上被剥夺权利的群体之间合作和建立联盟的机会。

SES-0826178Irene BrowneBelisa GonzalezEmory UniversityThis pilot project studies the role of discrimination in the mobility strategies of middle class immigrant Mexican and Dominican families in the Atlanta metropolitan region. Through in-depth interviews, the PIs address the following research questions: 1) Does the experience of discrimination influence decisions about where to live, what schools children attend, and which organizations to join (mobility strategies) among middle class parents of Dominican and Mexican descent?, and 2) Does the practice of discrimination towards other groups influence mobility strategies among middle class Dominican and Mexican descent parents? This comparative project moves beyond the Black/White paradigm of paths to upward mobility. It brings new theoretical and empirical knowledge that will help us to better understand how race and ethnic group relations shape the intergenerational transmission of class advantage among these distinctly different Latino groups. By focusing on Atlanta, the study will provide insight into race, ethnic and class dynamics within one of the new immigrant destinations, where historically black/white race relations are encountered, challenged and potentially transformed. The PIs will interview a small sample of Mexican families and Dominican from four neighborhoods. The pilot study will enable the PIs tp ascertain the feasibility of locating middle class Mexican and Dominican families across a range of neighborhoods in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Broader impact: Study results can inform policy to combat the continued racial and ethnic inequality in housing and schooling. By identifying the mechanisms through which discrimination influences pivotal decisions that affect the fate of middle class Mexican and Dominican children in Atlanta, the research will identify potential barriers to mobility and discover opportunities for cooperation and coalition-building among historically disenfranchised groups.