Recorded November 20, 2003
Below is the original description of the event.
In This Land Is Our Land, Immigrants and Power in Miami, award-winning author Alex Stepick has developed a new approach that will challenge the way Americans understand race and ethnic relations. A member of what has been dubbed the Miami School, Stepick and his colleagues focus on interactions between immigrants and native-born Americans. Based upon more than a decade of researching face-to-face interactions in Miami, Stepick documents not only the forces that produce ethnic strife, but also what can be done to promote harmonious relations. Reviewers of the book have already hailed this study as must-read for anyone wanting to understand how immigration is changing America.
Dr. Stepick has been conducting research on the impact of immigration on Miami for the past 20 years. His co-authored book, City on the Edge, on how immigration has changed Miami, has won two national awards, the Robert Park Award for the best book in Urban Sociology and the Anthony Leeds Award for the best book in Urban Anthropology. His recent book, Pride Against Prejudice: Haitians in the United States has already gone through numerous printings.
Dr. Stepick is currently Director of the Immigration and Ethnicity Institute and Professor of Anthropology & Sociology at Florida International University in Miami.