BEYOND BLACK AND WHITE: IMMIGRANTS AND THE RACIAL DIVIDE
Fernandez proposes that racial bigotry, rather than the influx of immigrants, is the real threat to the social fabric. The book covers the history of U.S. immigration law, the economic role of immigrant labor, and cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean in its examination of prejudice and racial dominance in the U.S.
Ronald Fernandez is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Central Connecticut State University. His Ph.D. in Sociology is from the University of Connecticut.
For a decade (1995-2004) Fernandez was Director of the University's Center for Caribbean and Latin American Studies.
From 2000-2002, Fernandez served as a monthly op-ed columnist for The Hartford Courant. He has also published with Newsday, The New York Daily News (Viva New York!) and, in the Caribbean with newspapers like Jamaica’s Daily Gleaner.
Fernandez has lectured and conducted workshops throughout the United States and the Caribbean. He has also lectured on immigration and Caribbean issues in Finland, Estonia and England; and his travels include visits to Cuba, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Mexico, Chile, Jamaica and Trinidad.
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