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West Indian Female ImmigrationName:InstitutionWest Indian Female ImmigrationIn the book West Indian Immigrants: A black success story? “A question is asked, why do black immigrants do so much better than blacks born in America?” This question rings a bell in our minds, thus demands an answer. A study carried out in the United States on their census in the year 2000 revealed that black immigrants were at a higher chance of earning higher income from household related jobs as compared to their American born counterparts. Various themes have been used in the book to pass the intended message to the audience. However, this article aims at discussing the theme of employee/employer relations and consequences for West Indian immigrant women and their families from a broad point of view.In the book Raising Brooklyn, the above argument comes out clearly since the employee and employer related well. This can be understood through a critical analysis of examples in the writings. Based on the readings, it was not uncommon for employees to refer to their employers by their first name. This shows that the employee and employer were very close allowing for such to happen (Brown, 2011). Though it was rear for the same to be talked about on the employer side, some employers shunned from calling their employees babysitters. This was not the case for all employers as some felt it was a befitting title. To them it was an indication of a casual and occasional if not periodic worker. To each other, the employees found the term that spoke much about themselves was “Ladies”. It is what they referred to each other. Phrase like “the ladies will be coming to the park just now” were commonly heard in the parks. Some experts argue that this good relation between employee and employer spoke much non-verbally. To them, the main reason there was good blood between employers and the former is that West Indian employees accepted lower salaries, as opposed to other black immigrants (Model, 2008). Some even claim that West Indians are more educated than their Latino counterparts. That this is the main reason for the high numbers of employment with their employer’s remains to be agreed upon. West Indian ...
