Migrants and Group Boundaries in Hong Kong: Assimilation and Sharing Negative Sentiments Toward Recent Migrants
Tuesday, February 17th, 2015
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, February 17, 2015 | 2:00PM - 3:00PM | External Event, Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, 8/F, 130 St. George Street |
Series
East Asia Seminar Series
Description
One of the important consequences of assimilation is that migrants share common sentiments and values with the host society. Public sentiments toward recent immigrants may turn negative in many immigrant-receiving countries. These sentiments may be shared even among those immigrants who migrated in earlier times. Drawing from the concept of group boundaries, we explore the condition under which this sharing of sentiments occurs. The analysis is based on data from a survey of migrants conducted in Hong Kong last year.
Eric Fong is a professor of sociology at the University of Toronto. He is currently visiting the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Fong is a former President of the Canadian Population Society and Chair of the International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association. He also serves as an academic advisor at various international research centres. Fong widely publishes in the areas of race and ethnic residential patterns and immigration. He is completing a book on immigration and the city.
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