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The American Dream Through the Eyes of Black African Immigrants in Texas
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2013
Summary
Using James Truslow Adams’ definition of the American dream, this book investigates whether black African immigrants in Texas are achieving the American dream. Almost all of the study participants Moore interviewed considered America a land of opportunity. Additionally, most of the black African immigrants’ definitions of the American dream focused on material aspects. Although participants mostly reported that the United States had been good to them, they nonetheless felt that they had not yet achieved the American dream. Additionally, they reported that their lives in the United States had been, at best, incomplete. They also encountered other challenges which mainly reflected the moralistic aspect of the definition of the American dream. They reported experiences such as not being fully accepted by native-born Americans in general and by white Americans in particular, being discriminated against, and being unappreciated. In fact, all of these challenges created a sense of marginalization among study participants. However, aware of the benefits of migration, they were willing to endure these challenges.
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Edition
1/2013
Copyright year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-6026-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-6027-3
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
112
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
1 Pre and Post Migration Views of Black African-Born Immigrants in Texas No access Pages 13 - 26
2 The American Dream as Defined by Black African Immigrants No access Pages 27 - 42
3 Black African Immigrants and the American Dream as Defined by James Truslow Adams No access Pages 43 - 64
4 Migrating Out of the United States No access Pages 65 - 78
5 Future of American-Born Children of Black African-Born Immigrants No access Pages 79 - 88
6 Future of Black African Immigrants and the American Dream No access Pages 89 - 94
