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Strategies for success among African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans : overachieve, be cheerful, or confront / Chrystal Y. Grey and Thomas Janoski.

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This book explores how African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans from the former British colonies can be so different in their approaches toward social mobility.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Authors: Grey, Chrystal Y. (Author), Janoski, Thomas (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
Series:Critical Africana studies.
Subjects:
African Americans > Social conditions.
Black people > West Indies, British > Social conditions.
Social mobility > United States.
Social mobility > West Indies, British.
African Americans > Race identity.
Black people > Race identity > West Indies, British.
Black people > Race identity.
Black people > Social conditions.
Social mobility.
United States.
West Indies > British West Indies.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: While both are successful, how can they be so different?
  • The constraints and opportunities of vastly different Black histories
  • The diverse identities of Black Americans and Caribbeans
  • Crafting basic strategies for success
  • Using more complex strategies for success at work and in the public
  • Viewing the other : defending strategies of success among fellow Blacks
  • Conclusion and advice to the ambitious
  • Appendix A: Methodologies and participation in the study
  • Appendix B: Semi-structured questionnaire.

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