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.
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.
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