Moral and Immoral Whiteness in Immigration Politics

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Yalidy Matos (Assistant Professor of Political Science and Latino and Caribbean Studies, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Latino and Caribbean Studies, Rutgers University)

Moral and Immoral Whiteness in Immigration Politics

Yalidy Matos (Assistant Professor of Political Science and Latino and Caribbean Studies, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Latino and Caribbean Studies, Rutgers University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
17 September 2023

Migration, immigration & emigration; Politics & government; Comparative politics; Geopolitics

Immigration has been at the heart of US politics for centuries. In Moral and Immoral Whiteness in Immigration Politics, Yalidy Matos examines the inherent moral, value-based, nature of white Americans' immigration attitudes, including preferences on local immigration enforcement programs, federal immigration policy, and levels of legal immigration allowed. Does identifying as white always signify a commitment to maintain the racial status quo or can it result in commitments to racial justice? How do we understand the passage of state-level sanctuary and anti-sanctuary immigration legislation through a white identity political lens? Thinking about whiteness as a moral choice complicates the idea that immigration policy preferences are mostly about demographic shifts. To examine the centrality of morality in white Americans' immigration attitudes, Matos looks at public opinion survey data as well as the roll call votes of elected officials. She examines the conditions under which white Americans choose to reproduce a system structured on white supremacy or repudiate it, as well as the role of socialization in their choices and immigration attitudes. As immigration continues to be weaponized to divide, Matos highlights the importance of understanding the roots of immigration attitudes in the United States and the ways in which whiteness structures these attitudes.

By: Yalidy Matos (Assistant Professor of Political Science and Latino and Caribbean Studies Assistant Professor of Political Science and Latino and Caribbean Studies Rutgers University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 161mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 532g
ISBN: 9780197656259
ISBN 10: 0197656250
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 17 September 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Yalidy Matos is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University. Matos' research interests lie in racial and ethnic politics, public opinion and political behavior, and immigration politics and policy in the United States.

Reviews for Moral and Immoral Whiteness in Immigration Politics

This book offers a theoretical framework for understanding white political attitudes and behavior...Highly recommended. Graduate students and faculty. * Choice *