Diverse pathways : race and the incorporation of Black, White, and Arab-origin Africans in the United States / Kevin J.A. Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Kevin J. A., author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Series:

Ruth Simms Hamilton African diaspora series

African diaspora series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africans--Cultural assimilation--United States.

Africans.

Africans--United States--Social conditions.

Africans--United States--Economic conditions.

Immigrants--United States--Social conditions.

Immigrants.

Emigration and immigration.

Social aspects.

Economic conditions.

Social conditions.

Africans--Cultural assimilation.

United States.

Immigrants--United States--Economic conditions.

Africa--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Africa.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

Social surveys--United States.

Social surveys.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 152 pages.)

Place of Publication:

East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Africans are among the fastest-growing immigrant groups in the United States. Although they are racially and ethnically diverse, few studies have examined how these differences affect their patterns of incorporation into society. This book is the first to highlight the role of race and ethnicity, Arab ethnicity in particular, in shaping the experiences of African immigrants. It demonstrates that American conceptions of race result in significant inequalities in the ways in which African immigrants are socially integrated. Thomas argues that suggestions that Black Africans are model minorities who have overcome the barriers of race are misleading, showing that Black and Arab-ethnic Africans systematically experience less favorable socioeconomic outcomes than their White African counterparts. Overall, the book makes three critical arguments, First, historical and contemporary constructions of race have important implications for understanding the dynamics of African immigration and settlement in the United States. Second, there are significant racial inequalities in the social and economic incorporation of contemporary African immigrants. Finally, Arab ethnicity has additional implications for understanding intraracial disparities in incorporation among contemporary African immigrants. In general, these arguments are foundational for understanding the diversity of African immigrant experiences. Book jacket.

Contents:

Race, ethnicity, and African immigration to the United States

Theoretical perspectives

Educational attainment and post-immigration schooling progress

Occupational status, human-capital transfer, and the incorporation process

Earnings, self-employment, and economic incorporation

Race, ethnicity, and marital incorporation

Conclusion

Appendix: Data and methods used in the analysis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1609173953

9781609173951

Publisher Number:

99972872227

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.