SOC210H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Scientific Racism, Contact Hypothesis, Visible Minority
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Immigrants not just people, tool that immigrant-receiving countries utilize to accumulate capital, further development and to become wealthier. Immigration policies are believed to be mechanisms to supply workers for employers. Immigration polices mechanism through which these immigrants can be transformed into workers of the immigrant recinvg societies: attractive to employers. Immigrants willing to take on job, native workers are not willing to take because the jobs are poorly paid, dangerous, difficult, etc. Immigrant workers can be used by capitalist to disorganize the native working class: native class going on strike so would pull immigrants from less-developed countries in the same job, for lower pay. Low-wage migrant labor poses threat to native, higher-wage workers because employers want to replace the expensive labor with cheap, low-wage labor: foments prejudice and racism: mexicans are taking our jobs away! . Immigration as part of larger nation building project: ex.
