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Black Identities: West Indian Immigrant Dreams and American Realities
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2001
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EthnicityEducationEthnic Group RelationRacial StudyGreat SuccessBlack ExperienceAfrican American HistorySocial SciencesRaceCultural IdentityWhite SupremacyAfrican American StudiesEthnic StudiesRacismRacialization StudiesBlack IdentitiesWest Indian ImmigrantsCultureAnthropologyRace Relation
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.