Strategies for Success Among African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans - Overachieve, Be Cheerful, Or Confront

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

List of contents

Introduction: While Both Are Successful, How Can They Be So Different?
1. The Constraints and Opportunities of Vastly Different Black Histories
2. The Diverse Identities of Black Americans and Caribbeans
3. Crafting Basic Strategies for Success
4. Using More Complex Strategies for Success at Work and in the Public
5. Viewing the Other: Defending Strategies of Success among Fellow Blacks
Conclusion and Advice to the Ambitious

About the author

Chrystal Y. Grey earned her doctorate in sociology from the University of Kentucky.

Thomas Janoski is professor of sociology at the University of Kentucky.

Summary

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

Product details

• Authors: Chrystal Y Grey, Chrystal Y. Grey, Chrystal Y. Janoski Grey, Thomas Janoski, Janoski Thomas
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781498554497
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5449-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Critical Africana Studies; Critical Africana Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Bezug zu Afro-Amerikanern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, African-Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, Job search strategies, Labor market behavior, Mentoring, Racial discrimination, Racism, Social inequality, Social mobility, Symbolic interaction, Social Mobility, Caribbean islands, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Sociology: work & labour, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Black & Asian Studies, Sociology: work and labour