The Latino Migration Experience in North Carolina: New Roots in the Old North State

by Hannah Gill

Gill, Hannah

Genres: History, Southern

224 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2010

Reviews

[Mits · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would recommend this book to anyone living in North Carolina wanting to learn more about the history of Latinx people in the state and their current stories. This book is very readable and unique because of the first person stories that are the bulk of the book. Gill supplements these stories with many facts and figures that help place them in a broader context of Latinx communities in and migration to/from NC. I definitely recommend the newest edition of the book, as it includes context on DACA and the Trump presidency's effect on Latinx people.

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

"We do not take a decision to cross the border lightly. We die crossing, and we suffer when we are incarcerated. Why would we risk our lives if all we had to do was get in line for a visa?"

Interviews with North Carolinians across the state shows what anyone with any sense already knows: immigrants are North Carolinians regardless of legal status.