Mobility Strategies in Middle Class Families

艾琳·布朗·贝丽莎·冈萨雷斯埃默里大学这个试点项目研究了歧视在亚特兰大大都市区中产阶级移民墨西哥和多米尼加家庭流动战略中的作用。通过深入访谈，PIs回答了以下研究问题：1)歧视经历是否影响多米尼加和墨西哥裔中产阶级父母关于在哪里生活、孩子上什么学校以及加入哪些组织(流动战略)的决定？2)歧视其他群体的做法是否影响中产阶级多米尼加和墨西哥裔父母的流动战略？这一比较项目超越了黑/白模式的向上流动路径。它带来了新的理论和经验知识，将帮助我们更好地理解种族和族群关系如何在这些截然不同的拉丁裔群体中形成阶级优势的代际传递。通过将重点放在亚特兰大，这项研究将提供对一个新移民目的地的种族、民族和阶级动态的洞察，在那里，历史上的黑人/白人种族关系正在遭遇、挑战和潜在的转变。PI将采访来自四个社区的一小部分墨西哥家庭和多米尼加家庭。试点研究将使PIS能够确定在亚特兰大大都市区的一系列社区中安置中产阶级墨西哥和多米尼加家庭的可行性。更广泛的影响：研究结果可以为打击住房和学校方面持续存在的种族和族裔不平等的政策提供参考。通过确定歧视影响影响亚特兰大墨西哥和多米尼加中产阶级儿童命运的关键决定的机制，这项研究将确定流动的潜在障碍，并发现历史上被剥夺公民权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.