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| Title: | Foreign-Born African Americans
: Silences Voices in the Discourse on Race |
| Author: | Festus E Obiakor & Patrick A Grant |
| ISBN: | 1590337557 : 9781590337554 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 140x215mm |
| Pages: | 196 |
| Weight: | .338 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - December 2005 |
| List Price: | 14.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Racism & racial discrimination: Black studies: AFRICA: USA |
In this book immigrant minorities from Africa and the Caribbean tell their unique stories. These "new" Americans recount their travels in the American maze, and thus, allow their voices to be heard. Who really cares for these voices? They do care and Americans should care! Foreign born African Americans frequently find themselves in precarious situations. They confront three intriguing questions: How Black are they? How much racism do they endure? How do they survive in spite of the odds? In reality, they are Blacks who are Black enough to encounter problems that other Blacks in America experience. However, they also understand that they must succeed in a competitive complex society like America. On the one hand, they are grateful to be in America; but on the other hand, they wonder why they must cross so many rubicons to achieve their goals. This book is unique! Never before have voices of Africans (from Africa and the Caribbean) been heard in this manner!! These voices provide multidimensional cases for scholars, educators, program planners, community leaders, and politicians. This book could be a required text for courses in international/global education, intercultural education, and multicultural education. It could also be a supplementary text for courses in general education and African/African American Studies. In fact, it should be on the reading list of every American interested in making our world a better place to live.
CONTENTS: Foreword; Preface. Part 1: African Connection. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: My Journey in the American Maze; Reflections of an African-Born Immigrant: Story of Alienation; In Spite of my Problems, I Still Survived!; Prince Gordon, The Dishwasher? My American Journey; My Experiences as an African-Born American; Immigrant Survival in America: My Journey; Twenty Years in the Belly of the Great Whale: My Survival in Mainstream America; Part 2: Caribbean Connection. Coming to America with Eyes Wide Shut; Journey to the Wild; Making it Happen: My Survival in America; The Challenge of Fitting In; My Journey as an Afro Caribbean Woman to America’s Ivory Tower; From Montserrat to Mississippi, United States: My Journey; Many Tunnels and Many Lights: My Experiences as an Immigrant Minority; My Journey: From Barbados to the United States; Index.
