West Indian Blacks
Subtitle: a black success story?
By: Suzanne Model.
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780871546319
Subjects: West Indian Americans -- Social conditions; West Indian Americans -- Economic conditions; Blacks -- United States -- Social conditions; Blacks -- United States -- Economic conditions; Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions; Immigrants -- United States -- Economic conditions; Success -- United States; United States -- Race relations
Description: "West Indian Immigrants draws on four decades of national census data, surveys of Caribbean emigrants around the world, and historical records dating back to the emergence of the slave trade. Suzanne Model debunks the notion that growing up in an all-black society is an advantage by showing that immigrants from racially homogeneous and racially heterogeneous areas have identical economic outcomes. Weighing the evidence for white American favoritism, Model compares West Indian immigrants in New York, Toronto, London, and Amsterdam, and finds that, despite variation in the labor markets and ethnic composition of these cities, Caribbean immigrants in these four cities attain similar levels of economic success." "West Indian Immigrants is a sweeping historical narrative and definitive empirical analysis that promises to change the way we think about what it means to be a black American. Ultimately, Model shows that West Indians aren't a black success story at all - rather, they are an immigrant success story."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.