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- Title
INDIAN IT WORKERS AND BLACK TANF CLIENTS IN THE NEW ECONOMY: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE RACIALIZATION OF IMMIGRATION AND WELFARE POLICIES IN THE U.S.
- Authors
Banerjee, Payal; Ridzi, Frank
- Abstract
Today's service-oriented labor market is commonly viewed as segmented on the basis of differences between high-wage/high-skill and low-wage/low-skill sectors. Research suggests that this division also has deep racial connotations since many racial minorities and immigrants of color are concentrated in low-wage occupations. This paper extends our understanding of gender, class, and racial cleavages in the U.S. economy by showing how the racialized and feminized status of immigrants of color employed in the high-wage and high-skilled sector informs their marginalization in ways that reflect some of the experiences of racial minorities in low-wage work. We propose a model for conceptualizing the intersection of state policy and racial feminization as a common institutional epicenter that organizes the terms of exploitation and segregation of minorities and immigrants of color situated in both the high and low wage sectors in comparable ways.2
- Subjects
UNITED States; SERVICE industries; WAGES; INDIANS (Asians); EMPLOYMENT; UNITED States economy, 2001-2009; LABOR market; MINORITIES
- Publication
Race, Gender & Class, 2008, Vol 15, Issue 1/2, p98
- ISSN
1082-8354
- Publication type
Article