Creating Black Caribbean Ethnic Identity

Creating Black Caribbean Ethnic Identity
ISBN-10
1593326475
ISBN-13
9781593326470
Category
Caribbean Americans
Pages
172
Language
English
Published
2010
Publisher
LFB Scholarly Publishing
Author
Yndia S. Lorick-Wilmot

Description

Lorick-Wilmot explores the complexities of Black Caribbean ethnic identity by examining the role a community-based organization plays in creating ethnic options for its first-generation Black Caribbean immigrant clients. Her case study particularly focuses on a Caribbean-identified organizationOCOs history, culture and climate, and the kinds of resources staff and community leaders provide that, ultimately, supports the maintenance of Caribbean ethnicity and Black ethnic identities and slows the rate of acculturation. Her case study points to the ways ethnic identity formations feed into the American construction of ethnic OC othersOCO that, in contradictory ways, empower some Black Caribbean immigrants but also perpetuate racial and ethnic tensions and challenges within the broader African American and Caribbean community."

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