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The Outsider Status of Internal Migrants

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Sugarcane Labor Migration in Brazil

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This chapter interrogates shared nationality and citizenship among Brazilians and examines the tensions between migrant workers and the residents of the host communities. Seasonal migrants generally live in isolated communities and are not integrated into the towns in which they temporarily reside, a factor that contributes to their marginalization. There is sometimes resentment on the part of the local communities against the migrants who arrive during the harvest season, who are seen as an economic and social threat. Migrant workers face discrimination and criminalization, and while discrimination against fellow citizens is not unique to Brazil, the complexities of the tensions between seasonal migrants and permanent residents transcend explanations that are based solely on race or socioeconomic class. The chapter highlights the intersections of multiple factors that contribute to these divisions among citizens.

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    While this term is considered offensive in the US context, it is the terminology that has historically been used and is still in use to denote people of mixed ancestry who were separated by both blacks and whites under apartheid.

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Jones, TA. (2020). The Outsider Status of Internal Migrants. In: Sugarcane Labor Migration in Brazil. Mobility & Politics. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35671-2_4

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