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    1. Black Immigrants in the United States: a Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Butcher,Kristin F. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    1994
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Industrial & labor relations review
    Journal Title Details:
    47(2) : 265-284
    Notes:
    This analysis of 1980 Census data shows that in 1979 immigrant black men had higher employment rates than native-born black men, but the wages of employed members of the two groups were nearly the same. On a variety of employment and wage measures, black Jamaican and other Caribbean immigrant men in 1979 were remarkably similar to native-born black "movers" (men who had moved out of their state of birth by the Census date).

    2. Colombian Blacks Face Heart-Wrenching Racism: State Denies They Even Exist

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Franklin,Michael J. (Author)
    Format:
    Newspaper Article
    Publication Date:
    1994-02-13
    Published:
    Chicago, IL
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Chicago Citizen
    Journal Title Details:
    p. 17
    Notes:
    While Blacks fight for their survival, Colombia's wealthy have other preoccupations. In the highbrow, rarified and polluted air of Santafe de Bogota, the Miss Columbia contest parades its select young women before an expectant nation. The announcers painstakingly describe each aspirant, even to the color of her skin. Save for a few Euro-Indians and a couple of light-skinned Black contestants, all are "white." Miss Santefe de Bogota, the long-legged, white-skinned audience favorite emerges the winner. Barely two hours later and the new Miss Columbia launches her reign by visiting the Black beaches of Cartagena, the port-city through which all enslaved Africans entered Columbia. There, to the delight of the world's photographers, Miss Columbia contrasts her white beauty with the Black skins of heavy-set women from maroon (escaped slaves) communities. The headlines and photos run, front page and center: "Carolina between Maroons," an unabashed reference to the old maxim, "a rise between two thorns." Three years ago the wealthy matron who organizes the Miss Columbia pageant claimed the country was not ready for a Black Miss Columbia.