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

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C Co on nt te en nt ts s Acknowledgments v SECTION 1: An Introduction Chapter 1 An Introduction to the African Diaspora in the United States 1 and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st Century N. F. Henry, J. T. Darden, and J. W. Frazier SECTION 2: Perspectives on the African Diaspora in Canada Chapter 2 The African Diaspora in Canada 13 J. T. Darden and C. Teixeira Chapter 3 The African Diaspora in Montréal and Halifax 35 A Comparative Overview of “the Entangled Burdens of Race, Class, and Space” J. Mensah and D. Firang Chapter 4 The African Diaspora: Historical and Contemporary 49 Immigration and Employment Practices in Toronto J. T. Darden Chapter 5 Housing Experiences of New African Immigrants 61 and Refugees in Toronto C. Teixeira Chapter 6 Race, Place, and Social Mobility of Jamaicans in Toronto 81 T. A. Jones SECTION 3: Perspectives on the U.S. African Diaspora Chapter 7 A Perspective of the African Diaspora in the United States 93 N. Blyden and F. A. Akiwumi Theme 1: Persistence of Inequalities Chapter 8 Austin: A City Divided 109 E. Skop Chapter 9 The African Diaspora in a Changing Metropolitan Region: 123 The Case of Atlanta, Georgia R. D. Bullard Chapter 10 Geographic Racial Equality in America’s Most Segregated 135 Metropolitan Area—Detroit J. T. Darden viii Contents Chapter 11 Place, Race and Displacement Following Hurricane 147 Katrina in New Orleans L. R. Rawlings Chapter 12 Black New York City Out-Migrants, 1995–2000: 161 Opportunity and Destination Choice J. W. Frazier and M. E. Harvey Theme 2: Perspectives on Recent Black Immigrants Chapter 13 Deconstructing the Black Populations of New York City 185 and Miami-Dade County T. D. Boswell and I. M. Sheskin Chapter 14 Jamaicans in Broward County, Florida 213 J. W. Frazier Chapter 15 Africans in Washington, DC: Ethiopian Ethnic 243 Institutions and Immigrant Adjustment E. Chacko Chapter 16 Somalis in Maine 257 F. A. Akiwumi and L. E. Estaville Chapter 17 Liberians and African Americans: Settlement and Ethnic 271 Separation in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area E. P. Scott Chapter 18 Globalization and Ghanian Immigrant Trajectories 287 to Cincinnati: Who Benefits? I. E. A. Yeboah Chapter 19 Ethnic Small-Business Relocations: 307 A Case Study in the Bronx, NY, 2007 E. Ofori, J. W. Frazier, and E. L. Tettey-Fio SECTION 4: Summary and Conclusions Chapter 20 The African Diaspora in the United States and Canada 329 at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Themes and Concluding Perspectives J. T. Darden, N. F. Henry and J. W. Frazier Works Cited 339 About the Authors 371 ...