The African Diaspora in the United States and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st Century

Drawing on the work of social scientists from geographic, historical, sociological, and political science perspectives, this volume offers new perspectives on the African Diaspora in the United States and Canada. It has been approximately four centuries since the first Africans set foot in North America, and although it is impossible for any text to capture the complete Black experience on the continent, the persistent legacy of Black inequality and the winds of dramatic change are inseparable parts of the current African Diaspora experience. In addition to comparing and contrasting the experiences and geographic patterns of the African Diaspora in the United States and Canada, the book also explores important distinctions between the experiences of African Americans and those of more recent African and Afro-Caribbean immigrants. Front Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Acknowledgments......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Section 1: An Introduction......Page 10 1. An Introduction to the African Diaspora in the United States and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st Century - NORAH F. HENRY, JOE T. DARDEN, AND JOHN W. FRAZIER......Page 12 Section 2: Perspectives on the African Diaspora in Canada......Page 22 2. The African Diaspora in Canada - JOE T. DARDEN AND CARLOS TEIXEIRA......Page 24 3. The African Diaspora in Montréal and Halifax: A Comparative Overview of “the Entangled Burdens of Race, Class, and Space” - JOSEPH MENSAH AND DAVID FIRANG......Page 46 4. The African Diaspora: Historical and Contemporary Immigration and Employment Practices in Toronto - JOE T. DARDEN......Page 60 5. Housing Experiences of New African Immigrants and Refugees in Toronto - CARLOS TEIXEIRA......Page 72 6. Race, Place, and Social Mobility of Jamaicans in Toronto - TERRY-ANN JONES......Page 92 Section 3: Perspectives on the U.S. African Diaspora......Page 102 7. A Perspective of the African Diaspora in the United States - NEMATA BLYDEN AND FENDA A. AKIWUMI......Page 104 Theme 1: Persistence of Inequalities......Page 118 8. Austin: A City Divided - EMILY SKOP......Page 120 9. The African Diaspora in a Changing Metropolitan Region: The Case of Atlanta, Georgia - ROBERT D. BULLARD......Page 134 10. Geographic Racial Equality in America’s Most Segregated Metropolitan Area—Detroit - JOE T. DARDEN......Page 146 11. Place, Race and Displacement Following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans - LISA R. RAWLINGS......Page 158 12. Black New York City Out-Migrants, 1995–2000: Opportunity and Destination Choice - JOHN W. FRAZIER AND MILTON E. HARVEY......Page 172 Theme 2: Perspectives on Recent Black Imigrants......Page 194 13. Deconstructing the Black Populations of New York City and Miami-Dade County - THOMAS D. BOSWELL AND IRA M. SHESKIN......Page 196 14. Jamaicans in Broward County, Florida - JOHN W. FRAZIER......Page 224 15. Africans in Washington, DC: Ethiopian Ethnic Institutions and Immigrant Adjustment - ELIZABETH CHACKO......Page 254 16. Somalis in Maine - FENDA A. AKIWUMI AND LAWRENCE E. ESTAVILLE......Page 268 17. Liberians and African Americans: Settlement and Ethnic Separation in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area - EARL P. SCOTT......Page 282 18. Globalization and Ghanaian Immigrant Trajectories to Cincinnati: Who Benefits? - IAN E. A. YEBOAH......Page 298 19. Ethnic Small-Business Relocations: A Case Study in the Bronx, NY, 2007 - ESTHER OFORI, JOHN W. FRAZIER, AND EUGENE L. TETTEY-FIO......Page 318 Section 4: Summary and Conclusions......Page 338 20. The African Diaspora in the United States and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Themes and Concluding Perspectives - JOE T. DARDEN, NORAH F. HENRY AND JOHN W. FRAZIER......Page 340 Works Cited......Page 350 About the Authors......Page 382 Back Cover......Page 385