Demographic categories of migrants are contingent socially constructed subjects

Evidence

The apparent statistical solidity implicit in the demographics of migrant minorities needs to be set alongside the contingent nature of the creation of sociological and political subjects and the mediating force of cultural racialization on which this contingency rests. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2283 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Claims of national uniqueness are constitutive features of migrant-group status — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 105; Expellees and repatriates occupy a distinct liminal category between internal and international migration — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 57; Demographic transitions between social orders produce cultural chaos and danger — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 43 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Migrant demographic statistics rest on contingent, culturally racialized subject formation. #corroborates (0.97) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2283