Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 2001 · 1K citations · 0 references
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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.