Sociological research reports workplace segregation and coercive labor conditions for immigrant tech workers¶

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q2 i? The review reports, citing Banerjee and Rincon (2019), that immigrant workers of color faced segregated workspaces, criminalization outside work, forced job immobility, and expected unpaid overtime including 12-hour work days. → Philip 2020

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Philip 2020¶

Philip, T., & Sengupta, P. (2020). Theories of Learning as Theories of Society: A Contrapuntal Approach to Expanding Disciplinary Authenticity in Computing. Journal of the Learning Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508406.2020.1828089

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The article reports, citing Banerjee and Rincon (2019), striking accounts of workplace segregation: Indian workers relegated to segregated workspaces, Colombian workers excluded from projects, and criminalization "due to the assumption of 'illegality' attached to their race and ethnicity."

"They also reported explicit expectations of unpaid overtime work for immigrant workers (who averaged 12-hour work days), including working on the weekends, during evenings, and holidays—forms of labor that their U.S. colleagues were not expected to do."

Philip 2020 (2)¶

Philip, T., & Sengupta, P. (2020). Theories of Learning as Theories of Society: A Contrapuntal Approach to Expanding Disciplinary Authenticity in Computing. Journal of the Learning Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508406.2020.1828089

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The article reports, citing Banerjee (2019), that oppression extended into workers' families: most state governments provide no legal provisions for driver licenses for spouses on dependent visas, contributing to a patriarchal gender hierarchy in these families.

"Federal regulations also prohibited work permits for dependents, thereby forcing many of the workers' spouses into illegal forms of self-employment and mental duress from the loss of employability."

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