Immigrant Adjustment and Interethnic Relations in South Florida

该项目是美国国家科学基金会“本科院校研究”资助机会的一部分。它支持七位合作人类学家的研究，研究危地马拉、海地、古巴和墨西哥移民到南佛罗里达州的调整和种族间关系，以及土著非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔美国人对这些族裔群体的反应。利用调查和密集访谈计划，该项目将专注于政治和经济行为，研究宗教习俗和家庭生活等文化因素以及网络形成、阶级和与国家机构的关系等社会因素如何维持和修正这些行为。这项研究之所以重要，是因为对种族间关系的理解对现代社会至关重要。这种比较案例研究将帮助政策制定者处理不同种族群体之间的不公平感和对社会秩序的承诺。

This project is part of NSF's "Research in Undergraduate Institutions" funding opportunity. It supports the research of seven collaborating anthropologists studying the adjustment and inter ethnic relations of Guatemalan, Haitian, Cuban and Mexican immigrants to South Florida, and the responses to these ethnic groups by native African Americans and Hispanics. Using survey and intensive interviews schedules, the project will focus on political and economic behaviors, studying how these behaviors are maintained and revised by cultural factors such as religious practices and family life, as well as social factors such as network formation, class, and relations with state agencies. This research is important because the understanding of inter ethnic relations is of critical importance to modern societies. Such comparative case studies will help policy makers deal with feelings of unfairness and commitment to social order among diverse ethnic groups.