3. The Meanings of Moyo: The Transnational Roots of Shop-Floor Racial Talk

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xxiii
6. 1. Introduction. Lives on the Line: Carving Out a New South 1
7. 2. All Roads Lead From Olancho to Swine’s: The Making of a Latino/A Working Class in the American South 28
8. 3. The Meanings of Moyo: The Transnational Roots of Shop-Floor Racial Talk 65
9. 4. “Painted Black”: Oppressive Exploitation and Racialized Resentment 93
10. 5. The Value of Being Negro, the Cost of Being Hispano: Disposability and the Challenges for Cross-Racial Solidarity in the Workplace 122
11. 6. Black, White, and Latino/A Bosses: How the Composition of the Authority Structure Mediates Perceptions of Privilege and the Experience of Subordination 139
12. 7. Exclusion or Ambivalence?: Explaining African Americans’ Boundary-Work 159
13. 8. Conclusion. Prismatic Engagement: Latino/a and African American Workers’ Encounters in a Southern Meatpacking Plant 184
14. Notes 209
15. Bibliography 237
16. Index 257