For example, across a number of European countries, perceptions of discrimination are positively correlated with the gap in unemployment rates between immigrants and natives. Such discrimination tends to go hand in hand with lack of integration, meaning that immigrants have not been fully accepted into social, economic and cultural aspects of society. A high percentage of immigrants reports having experienced discrimination in daily life in both the US and Europe. Job applicants with immigrant sounding names have a lower chance of receiving callbacks for job interviews and candidates of immigrant origin are less likely to be included on electoral lists by party gatekeepers. Immigrants and members of ethnic minorities experience discrimination in a variety of settings. Using the experience of German Americans during World War I, she finds that in the face of a wave of discrimination, the group pushed even harder to be accepted into US society through measures like adopting more ‘American’ style names and increased citizenship petitions. In new research Vasiliki Fouka examines whether this discrimination is caused by a lack of integration or if integration itself is restricted by discrimination.
Immigrant groups often face discrimination in daily life across a wide variety of social, cultural and economic situations.
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