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Title: “Just black” or not “just black?” ethnic attrition in the Nigerian-American second generation
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2019
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ISSN: 0141-9870
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2018.1427881
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Abstract: Despite the largely voluntary character of Nigerian immigration to the United States since 1970, it is not clear that their patterns of integration have emulated those of earlier immigrants who, over time, traded their specific national origins for “American” or “White” identities as they experienced upward mobility. This path may not be available to Nigerian immigrants. When they cease to be Nigerian, they may become black or African-American. In this paper, I use US Census data to trace patterns of identity in a Nigerian second-generation cohort as they advance from early school-age in 1990 to adulthood in 2014. The cohort shrinks inordinately across the period as its members cease to identify as Nigerian, and this pattern of ethnic attrition is most pronounced among the downwardly mobile–leaving us with a positively select Nigerian second generation and, perhaps, unduly optimistic assessments of Nigerian-American socioeconomic advancement.
Url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01419870.2018.1427881
Url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2018.1427881
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Authors: Emeka, Amon
Periodical (Full): Ethnic and Racial Studies
Issue: 2
Volume: 42
Pages: 272-290
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity
Countries: United States