Global migration systems fix racial attributes on transnational workers

Evidence

The racializing of regional migration on a global scale is based in a social and economic system that is constantly in flux and requires the fixing of certain attributes. In particular, Pakistani migrants working in the global service economy represent part of a larger transnational working class that is racialized in multiple locations. — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 47

Categorization

• DEFINE: ‘Transnational working class’ defined as workers racialized across multiple locations in a globally fluid service economy.
• XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in racialized labor and class formation across diaspora studies.