Scholars increasingly view urban areas as fragmented spaces where migrants are policed in ways that promote differential access to mobility, but the glocal meanings of race are often undertheorized. This paper explores the mobility experiences of Ethiopian migrants in four cities: Washington, DC, Tel Aviv, Rome, and Melbourne. Using a textual analysis of newspaper coverage in each city, the analysis finds that media and police often act as agents who racialize Ethiopian migrants relative to native minorities and other migrants. The paper concludes that the experiences Ethiopian immigrants faced in urban areas were informed by glocal meanings of race (blackness); they were shaped in relation to not only other migrants and native minorities, but also a globalized discourse on immigration. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Race/ethnicity Ethiopian immigrants mobility regimes Glocal city Racialization

Melbourne Victoria [Australia] immigrant Italy ethnicity Israel world city race Australia minority group Washington [District of Columbia] Rome Lazio United States Roma [Lazio] Tel Aviv District of Columbia