Quotes by Douglas Massey

“One-third of all African Americans in the United States live under conditions of intense racial segregation. They are unambiguously among the nations most spatially isolated and geographically secluded people, suffering extreme segregation across multiple dimensions simultaneously. Black Americans in these metropolitan areas live within large, contiguous settlements of densely inhabited neighborhoods that are packed tightly around the urban core. In plain terms, they live in ghettos.”

“The U.S. wants the labor, but doesnt want to address the risks people take to get here.”

“The US wants the labor, but doesnt want to address the risks people take to get here.”

“Theres a reality here thats being ignored.”

“What happens in Jamaica today is that the elites stay because they have the power. Its the upwardly mobile and aspiring professional classes that leave.”

“Its all part of the process of immigration. Its a wave of technology thats enabled immigrants to continue to play a more direct role in the lives of their families at home.”

“Almost everybody gets in. Its just a matter of how many times it takes.”