Abdullah discusses how religion and economic forces were intertwined in the successes of West African immigrants and how the more active a participant in religion an immigrant was, the more economically successful they were. I wonder about other immigrant groups who didn’t have this religious bond and yet were still able to become successful. Is it the fact that they had a religious group to look to or rather the support group the West African immigrants had within their religion that helped them become successful? Is it even necessary to have a support group to be successful, after the initial immigration (after they learn the language and become accustomed to the culture)?

Samantha Chiu