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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Mass Historical Society: Immigration, Race and the Tea Party Movement
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SUMMARY:Mass Historical Society: Immigration, Race and the Tea Party Movement
DESCRIPTION:<p><span class="guest"><strong>Luis Jiménez</strong>, University of Massachusetts—Boston</span> <br><span class="other_guest">Comment: <strong>Theda Skocpol</strong>, Harvard University</span></p><p>To what extent has racial anxiety played a factor in the formation of the tea party movement? Previous literature, ethnographic work and anecdotal evidence point to a complex mythology of taxpayers versus freeloaders that appears to not have any empirical basis, but rather rests on racial cues. This paper tests these hypotheses through a number of measures at different levels--state, congressional, and county units. It finds that tea party behavior was more pronounced in states, districts or counties with disproportionate numbers of Latinos, or people perceived as an immigrant other.<br><br></p><p><span><span>Seminars are free and open to the public; <a href="http://www.masshist.org/2012/calendar/seminars/immigration-and-urban-history" data-url="http://www.masshist.org/2012/calendar/seminars/immigration-and-urban-history">RSVP required</a>.</span></span></p>
LOCATION:Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215-3695
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART:20151027T211500Z
DTEND:20151027T233000Z
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