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BLACK IDENTITIES
WEST INDIAN IMMIGRANT DREAMS AND AMERICAN REALITIES |
| By: |
Mary C. Waters |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£31.95 |
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£24.92 |
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£7.03 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0674007247 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780674007246 |
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| Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
3 September, 2001 |
| Pages: |
432 |
| Description: |
The story of West Indian immigrants to the USA is considered a great success. However, the author found that over time the realities of American race relations begin to swamp their positive cultural values and racial discrimination soon undermines their initial openess to whites. |
| Synopsis: |
Winner of the American Political Science Association's Best Book of 1999 in Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Winner of the Cornell University Best Book in Equality Award Winner of the Eastern Sociological Society Mirra Komarovsky Award The story of West Indian immigrants to the United States is considered a great success. Many of these adoptive citizens have prospered, including General Colin Powell. But Mary Waters tells a very different story about immigrants from the West Indies. She finds that, ultimately, the values that gained these first-generation immigrants initial success-a willingness to work hard, a lack of attention to racism, a desire for education-are undermined by the realities of life in the United States. Discrimination in housing channels them into neighbourhoods with inferior public schools and high crime rates, undermining their hopes for their children's future. The hard-won relative success of the parents is often followed by the downward slide of their children. Contrary to long-held beliefs, Waters finds, those who resist Americanisation are most likely to succeed economically. |
| Illustrations: |
1 map, 10 tables |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Harvard University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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