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Race, Immigration, and Planning

11.947 · Urban Studies and Planning · Graduate · Spring 2005

Prof. J. Phillip Thompson, Prof. Alethia Jones

MIT · Tier 1

This course provides an introduction to the issues of immigrants, planning, and race. It identifies the complexities and identities of immigrant populations emerging in the United States context and how different community groups negotiate that complexity. It explores the critical differences and commonalities between immigrant and non-immigrant communities, as well as how the planning profession does and should respond to those differences. Finally, the course explores the intersection of immi…

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Prof. J. Phillip Thompson, Prof. Alethia Jones. 11.947 Race, Immigration, and Planning. Spring 2005. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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