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AbstractIn 1981 the ATF, FBI, and U.S. Customs Service agents arrested a group of American and Canadian White nationalists as they were on their way to overthrow the government of Dominica. Although seemingly improbable, the event is important because it illustrates the hegemonic nature of the relationship between the United States and Caribbean countries and, also, the globalization of White nationalist violence. In this paper I show that extant theory on White nationalism can be used to explain the White nationalist plot. In particular, I invoke the concept ofLebensraumand the fact that White nationalists espouse multiple objectives—in addition to racism—to explain their intent to subvert a Black country and to live there.

AbstractContemporary immigration is affecting U.S. society in many ways, particularly with respect to racial dynamics. Three aspects of these dynamics stand out: the conceptualization of race, the meaning of assimilation, and racial relations between groups. Although contemporary immigration, being largely non-White, is challenging U.S. society's entrenched conceptualization of race as revolving around a Black/White framework, this framework is not being rapidly overturned. Instead, immigrants are increasing social complexity by both adapting to the Black/White dichotomy and seeking alternatives to it through multiculturalism. The conceptualization ofraceis pivotally important because it determines the shape of assimilation, and, consistent with growing immigration-driven complexity, no one model of assimilation dominates the society. Instead, Anglo-conformity and multiculturalism are competing for preeminence. Blacks, because of U.S. society's failure to completely absorb them, helped to originate multiculturalism, but immigration is strengthening the model's appeal. Blacks and immigrants are adapting to U.S. society by utilizing both Anglo-conformity and multiculturalism. Immigration, increasingly, is also influencing race relations because of its volume and character. Even though Black/White conflict remains unresolved, future race relations will go beyond this nexus to incorporate other groups in complex interactions, revolving around the formation of coalitions and conflict situations as groups pursue particular interests.

The consequences of the English-speaking West Indian community's creation of a transnational social space in New York for participating in transnational activities are contemplated. An overview of West Indian immigration & transnational practices is presented. Telephone interviews with second-generation West Indian Americans (N = 35) were conducted to determine how these individuals preserved relations with their parents' countries-of-origin. Several findings are reported, eg, participants used letter writing as a primary method of contacting homeland societies & a majority of participants expressed a West Indian American identity. Moreover, participants identified multiple factors that curtailed their transnational connections to homeland societies including life-cycle events, parental influence, & external circumstances. It is concluded that the West Indian community in New York functions as a substitute for homeland West Indian societies for many West Indian Americans. 46 References. J. W. Parker