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Black Identities: West Indian Immigrant Dreams and American Realities

Contemporary Sociology A Journal of ReviewsPublished 1 July 2001
Howard Winant, Mary C. Waters
Citations1,040
SJR quartileQ4
SJR score0.12
SNIP0.23

Abstract

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.

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