Black Immigrants in the United States: Essays on the Politics of Race, Language, and Voice

Black Immigrants in the United States argues that immigrants are not refugees and that Black immigrants are often silenced in immigration studies. It is a required reading for anyone interested in immigration and Black immigration, and it reveals that 12-13% of African Americans are 'Black immigrants (both immigrants and refugees).

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 194 pages
Publication date: 30 September 2020
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc

In the United States, the term "immigrant" is a multifaceted and complex category that is often interchangeably used with "refugee," particularly when it comes to South America, particularly Latina/os. However, Black Immigrants in the United States challenges the notion that immigrants are synonymous with refugees and argues that Black immigrants, regardless of their origin from the Caribbean, Latin America, or Africa, are often overlooked and under-researched in immigration studies. As one of the pioneering books on the topic in the United States, Black Immigrants in the United States serves as a crucial crack in the syntax that connects Blackness and immigration. It is a must-read for anyone interested in immigration broadly, and Black immigration in particular. For instance, did you know that approximately 12-13% of the statistically defined African Americans are classified as "Black immigrants" (both immigrants and refugees) (Ogunipe, 2011)? Out of this 12-13%, did you know that the first and second-generation Black immigrants comprise 41% of Black first-year students in Ivy League institutions? Black Immigrants in the United States aims to address these questions and provide a comprehensive portrait of this population, shedding light on their origins, languages, histories, and the various challenges and triumphs they face in their journey to the United States. By undertaking this research and writing about Black immigrants as children of migration ourselves, we aim to transform the act of researching and writing into an expression of love and to engage in reading about them as a form of jouissance.

Weight: 328g
Dimension: 152 x 228 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781433173974
Edition number: New ed