Title: The (re-)making of a Black American : tracing the racial and ethnic socialization of Black immigrant youth from the Caribbean /
Authors: Coleman-King, Chonika.
Year: 2013
Subjects: Caribbean Americans Biography.; African Americans Biography; African Americans Socialization.; Karibischer Einwanderer.; Schwarze; Ethnische Identität.; Intersektionalität; Sozialisation.; Schule; USA
Abstract: Historically, Blacks in the United States have been treated as a homogenous group with little regard for distinctions in ethnicity and immigrant status. However, the growing number of Black immigrants to the United States, and their location at the intersection of immigrant opportunity and racial barriers, has prompted increased interest in the group's integration experiences. Grounded in the notion that racism is an inescapable marker of the Black experience in the United States, The (Re-)Making of a Black American explores the ways children of Black immigrants from the English-speaking Caribbean come to understand their racial and ethnic identities, given the socialization messages they receive from their parents and their experiences with institutionalized racism and racial hierarchies in a U.S. middle school. This book highlights the contradictions between parental and school socialization messages and the struggle that ensues as Caribbean American youth are forcibly (re-)made into a specific brand of Black Americans. --Provided by publisher.
Contents: Historical contexts, transnationalism, and race in the U.S -- Life narratives : identities in transition -- E(race)ing socialization : transnational scripts, ethnic socialization, and getting ahead in America -- Caribbean immigrants, racism, and racial socialization -- Racial socialization at Morristown Middle School: what caribbean american students learn about race by way of the "not so hidden" curriculum -- Converging identities and realities : finding one's place in the home, school, and world -- The (re-)making of a Black American : findings, implications, and recommendations.