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Peer reviewedWoldemikael, Tekle – Journal of Black Studies, 1989
Examines the reasons for a lack of development of a Black racial consciousness by Haitian immigrants in a small suburban midwestern city. Concludes that social organization, economic competition, and a differing ideology have contributed to their lack of racial consciousness. (FMW)
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Blacks, Case Studies, Ethnicity
Download full textSilva, Helga – 1985
This report describes the impact on the Dade County, Florida, public school system of the 125 Cuban (and some Haitian) refugees arriving in the Mariel exodus. In September 1980 the school system had to absorb 13,000 new refugee students. Preparing for the students included hiring many bilingual teachers, reopening schools that had closed,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Teachers, Cubans
Peer reviewedPortes, Alejandro; MacLeod, Dag – Sociology of Education, 1996
Reports on a study of second-generation high school students who were children of Cuban and Vietnamese immigrants (relatively advantaged groups) and of Haitian and Mexican immigrants (relatively disadvantaged). Discovers that parents' socioeconomic status, length of stay in the United States, and hours spent on homework affected academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cubans, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged
