Black identities : West Indian immigrant dreams and American realities / Mary C. Waters.
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TextPublication details: New York : Russell Sage Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (413 pages)Content type: - text
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- West Indian Americans -- Ethnic identity
- West Indian Americans -- Race identity
- West Indian Americans -- Cultural assimilation
- Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions
- United States -- Ethnic relations
- United States -- Race relations
- Américains d'origine antillaise -- Identité ethnique
- Immigrants -- États-Unis -- Conditions sociales
- Américains d'origine antillaise -- Acculturation
- États-Unis -- Relations interethniques
- États-Unis -- Relations raciales
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Ethnic relations
- Immigrants -- Social conditions
- Race relations
- United States
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- E184.W54 W38 1999eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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""Contents ""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Historical Legacies""; ""3. Racial and Ethnic Identity Choices""; ""4. West Indians at Work""; ""5. Encountering American Race Relations""; ""6. Intergenerational Dynamics""; ""7. Segregated Neighborhoods and Schools""; ""8. Identities of the Second Generation""; ""9. Immigrants and American Race Relations""; ""Appendix: Notes on Methodology""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
Mary Waters finds that when West Indian immigrants arrive in America, their knowledge of English, their skills and contacts, their self-respect, and their optimistic assessment of American race relations facilitate their integration into the American economic structure. Over time, however, the realities of American race relations take over.
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