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Roberto Lovato, a New York-based writer for New America Media, writes about the complex intersection of race and immigration politics in the American South. For example, the Southeast is home to the fastest-growing Latino population in the United States, but he points out that although this story takes place in Georgia, it is perhaps not much different than the stories of immigrants and African Americans in other parts of this country.

"Documented and undocumented Latinos dealing with the economic and political effects of Juan Crow in Georgia (and across the country) find themselves unwitting actors in a centuries-old racial drama, which they must alter if Juan Crow is to be defeated. The major difference today is that Latinos also find themselves having to navigate a racial and political topography that is no longer black and white. Young Latinos, in particular, attend schools that teach them about Jim Crow while giving them a daily dose of Juan Crow."

I am particularly interested to read about how immigrants are really doing within receiving communities, how those relationships are forming (or not) between newcomers and long-timers. This article is enlightening because we hear some of voices of people who've been involved in the struggles of each of these groups, both now and in the past.

I'll give away the ending just a bit, to entice you to take the time to really read and think about this article's hypothesis. Near the end, Lovato quotes Reverend Joseph Lowery, the lieutenant of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on possible solutions to the "problem" of immigration:

"We've globalized money, we've globalized trade and commerce, but we haven't globalized fairness toward work and labor. The solution to the 'problem' of immigration and other problems is globalization of justice."

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