Is anti-immigrant populism anti-American? Sadly, no, says UH geography professor Reece Jones. In his new book, White Borders: Race and Immigration in America from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall, Jones shows how immigrant exclusion dates to the founding of the republic and has always been entwined with white supremacy. Tune in to discuss his new book and his assessment of US immigration policy from the beginning to the Biden administration.
Reece Jones is Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal Geopolitics and is a Guggenheim Fellow whose work has been featured in The New York Times, the Guardian, Time Magazine, and the Economist. Jones is also the author of three award-winning books: Border Walls; Violent Borders; and White Borders: Race and Immigration in America from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall.
Moderator Robert Perkinson is a professor of American Studies at UH Manoa and coordinator of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.
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