Fearing the Immigrant: Racialization and Urban Policy in Toronto

A fascinating deep dive into one city’s urban policy—and the anxiety over immigrants that informs it

The city of Toronto is often held up as a leader in diversity and inclusion. In Fearing the Immigrant, however, Parastou Saberi argues that Toronto’s urban policies are influenced by a territorialized and racialized security agenda—one that parallels the “War on Terror.” Focusing on the figure of the immigrant and so-called immigrant neighborhoods as the targets of urban policy, Saberi offer...