IMMIGRATION AND RACE

The real and potential impact of immigration policy decisions on African Americans is profound. Yet policy makers today lack systematic knowledge of crucial social political and economic issues relating to the formulation of wise immigration policies charges the editor of this book. Gerald D. Jaynes argues that little is known about important questions regarding the relations and attitudes between African Americans and minority immigrant groups the impact of recent immigration trends on the socioeconomic status of poor African Americans the comparative social positions of Asian Americans and Latinos and many other related topics. In this book the editor and thirteen other distinguished contributors consider how the large-scale influx of immigrants in recent times has affected African American communities and racial and ethnic relations. The insights about conflicts and competition derived from the work of these authors are vital to those who formulate immigration policies--policies that directly affect the well-being of the disadvantaged and indeed all Americans.

Contributors: Frank D. Bean Bruce Cain Thomas E. Cavanagh Thomas J. Espenshade Michael Fix Mark A. Fossett John A. Garcia Gerald D. Jaynes Claire Jean Kim Douglas S. Massey Kyung Tae Park Peter H. Schuck Carole Uhlaner and Wendy Zimmerman.

Gerald D. Jaynes is a professor in the department of economics and in the Program in African and American Studies at Yale University.