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Black immigrants of the Caribbean: an invisible and forgotten community.
The number of black Caribbean immigrants in America is growing with the most prevalent countries of origin being the Bahamas, Haiti, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Trinidad and Tobago (Schmidley & United States Bureau of the Census, 2001). According to the Bureau of Census (2000), nearly 2.8 million foreign-born immigrants come from the Caribbean region, yet these groups remain largely invisible in America (Waters, 1999).
Until recently, there was very little attention given to understanding the experiences of black Caribbean immigrants. This is because, as immigrants, their status is overshadowed by immigration related to Mexico and other Latin American ...
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- Magazine article from: The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education December 31, 1996 700+ words
...of Children of Black Caribbean. Immigrants...transported to the United States, probably explain...counterparts in the United States remained as largely...performance, black Caribbean immigrants in the United States have stronger...
- Black West Indians in the United States
- Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures January 1, 1996 700+ words
...Identification. Blacks in the United States of West Indian ancestry...Experiences in the United States differ from each other...linguistic forms in the Black Caribbean cultures as well as...Indian Blacks in the United States live primarily in cities...
- Black Caribbean women in U.K. less likely to get postnatal depression therapy.
- Newspaper article from: Science Letter November 2, 2004 700+ words
...NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Black Caribbean women in Manchester, England, are...study into perinatal depression among black Caribbean women. Using symptom scores from...Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), 101 black Caribbean and 200 white British women accessing...
- Raising achievement of black Caribbean pupils: OFSTED reviews nine schools that...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire April 26, 2002 700+ words
...Government: Raising achievement of black Caribbean pupils: OFSTED reviews nine schools...the levels of achievement of their Black Caribbean pupils?" The reports follow up an...in schools with high proportions of Black Caribbean pupils. But the nine schools featured...
- Study finds need for better symptom management among black Caribbean patients.
- Newspaper article from: Clinical Oncology Week March 24, 2003 700+ words
...Study finds need for better symptom management among black Caribbean patients. "Little research has been reported on the experience...Respondents were also more likely to say, in relation to black Caribbean patients, that general practitioners (though not hospital...
- Between anthropology and literature: interdisciplinary discourse.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Sciama, Lidia D. December 1, 2004 700+ words
...sense of identification. Although they showed strong solidarity with the black Caribbean majority, their loyalty ultimately belonged to 'home', the United States. Asked to provide a closing chapter, Mario Cesareo observes that through...
- United States Immigration Alert.
- News wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing April 1, 2009 700+ words
...five years for multiple trips to the United States. Visa waiver passport holders cannot enter the United States without such an approval notice...certain countries who are visiting the United States for business or pleasure purposes...
- United States Uranium Mining Industry Analysis and Forecasts to 2015.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire July 8, 2009 700+ words
...2009-Research and Markets: United States Uranium Mining Industry Analysis...researchandmarkets.com/research/70b97f/united_states_uran) has announced the addition of GlobalData 's new report "United States Uranium Mining Industry Analysis...