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RelaCons
in
21st-Century
America:
Intergroup
Contact,
Trust,
and
Civic
Engagement
Russell
Sage
FoundaCon
Cultural
Contact
and
ImmigraCon
Working
Group
May
10,
2013
MICHAEL
JONES-CORREA
POLITICAL
SCIENCE,
CORNELL
UNIVERSITY
HELEN
B.
MARROW
SOCIOLOGY,
TUFTS
UNIVERSITY
DINA
OKAMOTO
SOCIOLOGY,
UNIVERSITY
OF
CALIFORNIA,
DAVIS
LINDA
R.
TROPP
PSYCHOLOGY,
UNIVERSITY
OF
MASSACHUSETTS,
AMHERST
New
D
emographic
C
ontext
i
n
t
he
U
.S.
Growing
immigrant
populaCon
Geographic
dispersion
to
new
immigrant
desCnaCons
Increasing
ethnic
and
racial
diversity
Intergroup
contact
and
trust
Research
QuesCons
Neighborhood
25
Workplace
20
Public Space
15
10
5
0
Black
Indian
Mexican
White
Findings
from
Pilot
Survey
Findings
from
Pilot
Survey
Findings
from
Pilot
Survey
2
1
0
-1
-2
-3
The
Eect
of
Friendly
Contact
by
Experiences
with
Racial
DiscriminaCon
Unfriendly
-1
Neutral
No Discrimination
Friendly
Summary
of
Pilot
Survey
Data
Next
Steps
Atlanta
Context
Racial
history
less
tense
than
other
southern
ciCes
New
white
and
black
in-migraCon
City
Too
Busy
to
Hate,
Black
Mecca
Severe
anC-immigrant
legislaCon
at
state
level
2003:
HB
501
2006:
Georgia
Security
and
ImmigraCon
Compliance
Act
(SB
529)
2011:
Illegal
ImmigraCon
Reform
and
Enforcement
Act
(HB
87)
Chamblee
and
Doraville
Smyrna
and
MarieXa
Clayton
County
Lilburn
dealt with our [b/w] race issues, & we need a frank discussion
Schools
and
churches
have
done
good
job
reaching
out,
mentoring
John
says
Indians
wont
call
the
police
for
anything,
so
he
doesnt
know
about
domesCc
violence
issues
they
might
have;
says
LaCnos
will
tend
to
call
if
overhear
it
among
neighbors
They
are
working
on
starCng
a
business
associaCon;
it
has
one
LaCno
and
one
Asian
So
far
no
Indians
(maybe
South
Asians?);
they
stay
over
here
Says
Indians
concentrated
in
hotels
and
small
stores;
Pakistanis
in
convenience
stores
Next
Steps
New
quesCons
in
our
full
survey
(30-35
minutes)
last
workplace
composiCon
(for
the
unemployed)
perpetrators
of
discriminaCon
quality
and
frequency
of
contact
in
public
spaces
workplace
and
neighborhood
composiCon
civic
engagement
cross-streets
apathy
and
empathy
welcoming
to
and
welcomed
by
interest
in
gegng
to
know
opinion
on
undocumented
immigraCon
policy
Next
Steps
In-depth
interviews
for
summer
2014
(N=240)
30
with
each
target
group
in
each
metro
area
How
to
select?
RSF
reviewers
want
us
to
choose
a
random
sample
from
the
surveys
/
Some
of
us
want
to
target
more
unique
&
theoreCcally
interesCng
cases
instead
Pros
vs.
cons?
Next
Steps
Papers
for
conference
presentaCons
ASA
ISSP
Thank
you!
Contact
theory
Face-to-face
contact
intergroup
trust
Groups
of
Interest
NaCve-born
groups
Whites,
Blacks
Immigrant
groups
Mexicans,
Indians
BL
IND
2
32
25
2
47
35
25
31
MX
WH
31
41
30
13
1
44
39
3
Never
Rarely
40
SomeCmes
30
O{en
20
10
0
Black
Indian
Mexican
White
20
15
Neighborhood
Workplace
10
Public Space
0
Indian
Mexican
Neighborhood
Workplace
15
Public Space
10
5
0
Indian
Mexican
2. Cobb
County:
Smyrna
MarieXa
3. Possible others: