Conclusion
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Bryan Fanning
Abstract
We argue that the aim of any integration project should be to reduce the extent to which the host society treats immigrants as outsiders as well as to reduce the extent to which immigrants think of themselves as outsiders. However, it is not enough to change perceptions. Concrete measures are needed in both Northern Ireland and the Republic to address racism and other forms of inequality. The various kinds of immigrant adaptation documented throughout the book, as well as the range of barriers experienced by different groups, exemplify patterns of segmented assimilation in both Irelands. This can be seen in differentiated access to housing, employment and education, some of which is influenced by stratifications in rights and entitlements and by experiences of racism. There is also significant evidence that pathways to assimilation or integration are shaped heavily by gender and class, so that patterns of employment, education and social interaction for any group or part of a group are affected not just by the characteristics of the migrant group, but by how they fit within the structures and hierarchies of both host societies.
Abstract
We argue that the aim of any integration project should be to reduce the extent to which the host society treats immigrants as outsiders as well as to reduce the extent to which immigrants think of themselves as outsiders. However, it is not enough to change perceptions. Concrete measures are needed in both Northern Ireland and the Republic to address racism and other forms of inequality. The various kinds of immigrant adaptation documented throughout the book, as well as the range of barriers experienced by different groups, exemplify patterns of segmented assimilation in both Irelands. This can be seen in differentiated access to housing, employment and education, some of which is influenced by stratifications in rights and entitlements and by experiences of racism. There is also significant evidence that pathways to assimilation or integration are shaped heavily by gender and class, so that patterns of employment, education and social interaction for any group or part of a group are affected not just by the characteristics of the migrant group, but by how they fit within the structures and hierarchies of both host societies.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures and tables vii
- Notes on contributors viii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Traveller health inequalities as legacies of exclusion 22
- 2 Sectarian legacies and the marginalisation of migrants 33
- 3 Institutional responses to racism in both Irelands 47
- 4 African asylum seekers and refugees in both Irelands 58
- 5 African non-employment and labour market disadvantage 72
- 6 The lives of Filipino-Irish care workers 89
- 7 Polish spaces in a divided city 100
- 8 Experiences of racism in social housing 113
- 9 Roma rights and racism 126
- 10 Normalising racism in the Irish media 140
- 11 Children and young people on the margins 160
- 12 Immigrant-origin children and the education system 173
- 13 Young Muslims as insiders and outsiders 186
- 14 Brexit, borders and belonging 200
- 15 Hyphenated citizens as outsiders 213
- Conclusion 229
- Select bibliography 243
- Index 250
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures and tables vii
- Notes on contributors viii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Traveller health inequalities as legacies of exclusion 22
- 2 Sectarian legacies and the marginalisation of migrants 33
- 3 Institutional responses to racism in both Irelands 47
- 4 African asylum seekers and refugees in both Irelands 58
- 5 African non-employment and labour market disadvantage 72
- 6 The lives of Filipino-Irish care workers 89
- 7 Polish spaces in a divided city 100
- 8 Experiences of racism in social housing 113
- 9 Roma rights and racism 126
- 10 Normalising racism in the Irish media 140
- 11 Children and young people on the margins 160
- 12 Immigrant-origin children and the education system 173
- 13 Young Muslims as insiders and outsiders 186
- 14 Brexit, borders and belonging 200
- 15 Hyphenated citizens as outsiders 213
- Conclusion 229
- Select bibliography 243
- Index 250
