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In the migration of the talented tenth black people and black business were moving to the north. They are moving for better opportunities; for example better paying jobs and better education for themselves and their children. Most black people who had success in the north would not return to the south. If the blacks showed that they are intelligent and that they studied major subjects like history, law and economics, they will be humiliated and mobs will be form to drive them out because they were bad examples of black people they wanted to keep unskilled. The white people are afraid that the black people would surpass them. The movement from north to south was not a major move because black people who had a good education received jobs like waiters, porters, butlers and chauffeurs. The north improved black people economic conditions and political freedom.
In the gift of the black tropics speak about how foreign born blacks come to America for economic reason. The black youths came for the purpose of education to better themselves and help the family they left in their countries. The largest foreigners came from Spanish speaking countries and the smaller groups came from the West Indies. When they arrived to America all their principles and morals are gone as Domingo tells us. Many black immigrants have been subjected to unskilled jobs. Some applied for position that the average black person could not get. Domingo says that they are the reason some new and better job opportunities have opened up for blacks. Also he said how some black people open business like barber shops and pool rooms were there is no competition. The others open shop that have the fiercest competition for example grocery stores, tailor shops, jewelry stores and fruit vending. Some black people even got into real estate and other high paying jobs.
The similarities between the migration of the talented tenth and gift of the black tropic are how black people...
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