ISBN:
9781498554503
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (225 pages)
Series Statement:
Critical Africana Studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.896/073
Keywords:
African Americans-Social conditions..
;
Blacks-West Indies, British-Social conditions..
;
Social mobility-United States
;
African Americans-Social conditions
;
Blacks-West Indies, British-Social conditions
;
Social mobility-United States
;
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Abstract:
This book explores how African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans from the former British colonies can be so different in their approaches toward social mobility.
Abstract:
Cover -- Strategies for Success among African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans -- Strategies for Success among African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prior Studies Of African-americans And Afro-caribbeans -- Explanations Of The Differences Between Two Black Groups -- The Chapters To Come -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- The Constraints and Opportunities of Vastly Different Black Histories -- The Importance Of Majority-minority Status -- Education And Race -- Expectations Of Black Leadership -- Social Mobility And Wealth Accumulation -- Racial Discourse Between Blacks And Whites And Within The Black Community -- Conclusion On Comparative-historical Factors -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- The Diverse Identities of Black Americans and Caribbeans -- Generalized Others-family -- Generalized Others-community Of Faith -- Racial Generalized Others -- Immigrant Generalized Others -- Immigrant Identities-immigrants' Self-perceptions -- Conclusion -- Note -- Chapter 3 -- Crafting Basic Strategies for Success -- Educational Degrees And Attitudes Concerning Education -- Career Paths And Upward Social Mobility -- Strategies For Success -- The Importance Of Organizations -- Cultural Capital -- Presentation Of Self: Successful Identity Maintenance -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 -- Using More Complex Strategies for Success at Work and in Public -- Black Strategies For Countering Discrimination And Negativity From Whites At Work -- Black Strategies For Countering Social Discrimination From Whites -- Positive Emotions And Motivation -- Conclusion -- Note -- Chapter 5 -- Viewing the Other -- Black Emotion Work Strategies For Countering Discrimination From Other Blacks -- Group Perceptions Of Social Mobility -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Conclusion and Advice to the Ambitious -- Opening Up "strategies Of Black Social Mobility" -- Appendix A.
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