essay
The refugees nobody wants: Haitians in Miami
Miami now! immigration, ethnicity, and social change • Gainesville, Florida • Published In 1992 • Pages: 57-82
By: Stepick, Alex.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article examines the underlying causes and consequences of the Haitian presence in Miami. The author describes the U.S. federal policy designed to repress Haitian migration to Miami, impeded in large part by its own illegality, and by political pressure from Black Americans, church, civil, and human rights organizations, and by the coincidental arrival and initial welcome of Mariel Cuban refugees (p. 57).In addition to the above, this document also discusses the status of the Haitian middle-class in the immigrant population, Haitian Black-American relations, various clubs and organizations established to assist immigrants in adjusting to the host society, and problems of discrimination faced by Haitian Americans.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Mercantile business
- Individual enterprise
- Ethnic stratification
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Private welfare agencies
- Education system
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Haitian Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1957-1980s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Miami, Florida, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alex Stepick III
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-82)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92010100
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Haitian Americans