Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Immigration, the new South, and the color of backlash / Cameron D. Lippard and Charles A. Gallagher
  • The shifting nature of racism / Regine O. Jackson
  • Intergroup relations : reconceptualizing discrimination and hierarchy / Helen B. Marrow
  • Racialized histories and contemporary population dynamics in the new South / Eileen Diaz McConnell
  • The myth of millions : socially constructing "illegal immigration" / Stephanie Bohon and Heather Macpherson Parrott
  • Integrating into new communities : the Latino perspective / Elaine C. Lacy
  • Unfair housing practices in black and brown / Stephen J. Sills and Elizabeth Blake
  • The public schools' response to the immigration boom / Andrew Wainer
  • Southern crime and juvenile justice / Orlando Rodriguez
  • Racializing hiring practices for "dirty" jobs / Cameron D. Lippard
  • Organizing labor in a right-to-work state / Francesca Coin
  • Anti-immigrant mobilization in a Southern state / Paul Luebke
  • The rise of Latino/a political influence / Lisa M. Martinez
  • Success stories : proactive community responses to immigration / William E. Baker and Paul A. Harris
  • Conclusion: Southern location, national implications / Cameron D. Lippard and Charles A. Gallagher.