National identity and anti-immigrant sentiment: Experimental evidence from Mexico
Migration Studies
; 2022.
Article
in English
| Web of Science | ID: covidwho-1997063
ABSTRACT
In this article, we explore how historical patterns of identity construction shape today's attitudes towards immigrants in Mexico. Immigrants in Mexico constitute a very small percentage of the country's population. Yet some immigrants, in particular those of Asian origin, face a strong anti-immigrant sentiment as measured in terms of opinions and opposition to their social and political incorporation. We trace contemporary anti-Chinese sentiment back to historical processes of Mexican colonisation, which resulted in a particular politics of Chinese incorporation at the turn of the 19th century. This incorporation was violently contested during and after the revolution, leading to a construction of a national identity based on openly excluding the Chinese community. Using experimental evidence, we show that anti-Asian prejudice today is well explained by looking at ethnic traits and civic norms that are endorsed by natives as being constitutive of Mexican national identity.
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Mexico
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English
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Migration Studies
Year:
2022
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