Elizabeth Keyes (Baltimore): Obscured But Not Gone: Race and Immigration Reform. Jack Strauss (Denver): Immigration and Job Creation: Which Comes First? Laura Miller reviews Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama’s America by Jacqueline Jones. Online dating shows us the cold, hard facts about race in America. Asya Pereltsvaig on the New York Times “Immigration Explorer” interactive map. Meet Gursant Singh, the Sikh man who wants to arm his turbaned brothers. What does an American look like? The majority of us — even those of us who oppose racism and embrace the idea that the U.S. is a nation of immigrants — hold the belief that America = white. A Pew study finds that native-born Americans are more likely to commit crimes than immigrants. Some cultural groups are superior: Maureen Callahan reviews The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld. Is the United States a racial democracy? Jason Stanley and Vela Weaver investigate. Who belongs in Fremont, Nebraska? The city of Fremont reopens debate on its anti-immigration ordinance. Joseph Epstein on the Late, Great American WASP: The old U.S. ruling class had plenty of problems, but are we really better off under today's meritocracy? Lise Funderburg on the changing face of America: We’ve become a country where race is no longer so black or white. Why the U.S. is so good at turning immigrants into Americans: Jason DeParle reviews Exodus: How Migration Is Changing Our World by Paul Collier. Emma Aguila and John Godges on how truly comprehensive immigration reform would span the migrant labor lifecycle.
