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Stratified Entry into Illegality: How Immigration Policy Shapes Being Undocumented

105 interviews with a diverse group of undocumented/formerly undocumented immigrant young adults in NYC collected in 2018–19.
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Liberals like a wide variety of popular culture + do not dislike conservative popular culture.

Conservatives dislike culture created and liked by Black and urban liberals and their tastes seem to be more directly rooted in their political ideology.

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Research shows higher levels of depressive symptoms among Black Americans relative to Whites. But how do other dimensions of stratification—like skin tone—shape mental health inequality?

Looking across an early life course, Taylor Hargrove has stark findings:
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“Rather than providing an “opportunity” for a more egalitarian division of household labor, the use of flexible working arrangements maintains or even exacerbates the “exploitation” of women under existing traditional gender norms.”

Super cool research by Wang & Cheng in @sfjournal.bsky.social

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“These findings suggest that nationally specific understandings of merit can have quite different implications for the legitimation of inequality.” A look at elites in 🇩🇰 and 🇬🇧.

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