Zócalo Public SquareWhy I Was Destined to Idolize a Yankee Shortstop – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Why I Was Destined to Idolize a Yankee Shortstop https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2016/05/05/why-i-was-destined-to-idolize-a-yankee-shortstop/personalities/in-the-green-room/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2016/05/05/why-i-was-destined-to-idolize-a-yankee-shortstop/personalities/in-the-green-room/#respond Thu, 05 May 2016 07:01:36 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=72709 Richard Alba is distinguished professor of sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His teaching and research focus on immigration; his latest book is Strangers No More: Immigration and the Challenges of Integration in North America and Western Europe, co-written with Nancy Foner. Before participating in a panel discussion about the legacy of the 1965 immigration act, Alba talked about why his family ended up in the Bronx, his favorite place to retreat to, and American ideals.

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