Full Description
This book explores the question of whether the conceptualisation of New Zealand as a welcoming nation is accurate. Examining historical and contemporary narratives of migrant and refugee discrimination, it considers the economic, social, political, cultural and historical contexts from which discrimination emerges and its repercussions. Alert to race and ethnicity, gender, age, class, religion and inter-ethnic migrant conflict, this volume traverses an array of discriminatory practices - including xenophobia, racism and sectarianism - and responses to them. With rich evidence, fascinating new insights and engagement comparatively and transnationally with global themes of exploitation, exclusion and inequalities, Narratives of Migrant and Refuge Discrimination in New Zealand will appeal to scholars across the humanities and social sciences with interests in migration and diaspora studies, race and ethnicity and refugee studies.
Contents
1. Introduction: Narratives of Refugee and Migrant Discrimination in New Zealand
2. A Welcoming Nation? Narratives of New Zealand's History of Hostility Towards Migrants and Refugees
3. 'Go back to your country!' Excluding Indians in Contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand
4. Institutional Racism and Internalised Racial Oppression: Evidence from the Narratives of Samoans in the New Zealand Workplace
5. Stigmatisation and Racial Discrimination in the COVID-19 Context: Responses from the Asian Community in New Zealand
6. 'This is not us?' African Youth Experiences of Racism in New Zealand
7. Media, Campaigning and Competing Narratives from a Recent Case of Discrimination in New Zealand's Refugee Quota
8. Migration, Discrimination and the Pathway to Workplace Exploitation in Aotearoa New Zealand
9. Conclusion: Migrant and Refugee Discrimination in New Zealand in Comparative Context
