{"title":"Frederick Douglass and the early social psychology of racial oppression","authors":"Carl C. Jorgenson","doi":"10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.09.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Frederick Douglass brought an extraordinarily logical mind, breadth of historical and social science knowledge, commitment to discovery and expression of truth, and keen observation to analysis of race and gender relations and scientific racism in the United States. Douglass's social psychology of racism and liberation is more insightful and modern than that of his American contemporaries, and not equaled until the middle of the 20th century. Similarities between the major turn-of-the-century African American sociologists and “students of sociology,” Anna Julia Cooper, W.E.B. DuBois, Kelly Miller, Mary Church Terrell, and Ida B. Wells and other evidence strongly suggests that Frederick Douglass had a strong influence upon certain aspects of their thought, that Douglass may be considered to be the anchor of the White racism emphasis in Afro-American sociological thought. Based upon this analysis it is recommended that Afro-Americanists take several steps to appropriately review and evaluate Douglass's thought in planning research and teaching.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":88662,"journal":{"name":"Race & society : Official journal of the Association of Black Sociologists","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 3-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.09.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55150193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lest we forget thee …: The under- and over-representation of Black and Latino youth in California higher education and juvenile justice institutions","authors":"A. Harris, W. R. Allen","doi":"10.1016/J.RACSOC.2004.11.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.RACSOC.2004.11.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88662,"journal":{"name":"Race & society : Official journal of the Association of Black Sociologists","volume":"6 1","pages":"99-123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/J.RACSOC.2004.11.008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55150962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“I Feel ‘Whiteness’ When I Hear People Blaming Whites:”","authors":"K.D. McKinney","doi":"10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.09.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.09.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study explores the social construction of whiteness using 193 racial/ethnic autobiographies of young white students. The narrative analysis of the data shows how in response to a collective identity crisis, brought on mainly by demographic changes, whiteness is constructed as a liability. Specifically, I show how in coping with their perceived status as victims, my respondents presented their white identities as: (1) being unfairly accused of racism; (2) having no special niche set aside for them in the popular culture; and (3) being forced to accept other cultures. I argue that these adaptation techniques in turn legitimize the racial inequality by presenting whites as victims rather than beneficiaries of the status quo. The paper ends by addressing how anti-racism efforts could be strengthened through a better understanding of young whites’ racial identities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":88662,"journal":{"name":"Race & society : Official journal of the Association of Black Sociologists","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 39-55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.09.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55150457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"More symbol than substance: African American representation in network television dramas","authors":"A. Nama","doi":"10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.09.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88662,"journal":{"name":"Race & society : Official journal of the Association of Black Sociologists","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 21-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.09.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55150263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lest we forget thee …","authors":"Alexes Harris , Walter Allen","doi":"10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.11.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.11.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Youth of color are dramatically under-represented in California institutions of higher education. Conversely in California and nationwide, African American and Latino youth are disproportionately over-represented at every major decision point in the juvenile justice system [Leiber, M. (2002). Disproportionate Minority Confinement (DMC) of youth: An analysis of state and federal efforts to address the issue. </span><em>Crime and Delinquency</em>, <em>48</em>(1), 3–45]. We offer a conceptual framework seeking a deeper understanding of the connections between youth socialization and two major social control institutions in America: the juvenile justice system and the educational system. We suggest that in order to understand fully the interconnections between the under-representation of African Americans in higher education and their over-representation in the juvenile justice system, a broader exploration of the common macro- and micro-structural factors shared by these institutions is required. We argue that race-ethnic inequities result from discriminatory state policies, institutional practices and gatekeeper decision-making. This paper suggests that without key reforms, which financially reprioritize education, rehabilitation, and youth in general, the distorted representation of youth of color in public institutions will persist. The conclusion offers several measures that if implemented will help achieve realistic change within institutions of higher education and criminal justice.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":88662,"journal":{"name":"Race & society : Official journal of the Association of Black Sociologists","volume":"6 2","pages":"Pages 99-123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.11.008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92110860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura West Steck , Druann Maria Heckert , D. Alex Heckert
{"title":"The salience of racial identity among African-American and white students","authors":"Laura West Steck , Druann Maria Heckert , D. Alex Heckert","doi":"10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.09.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.09.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study examines the salience of racial identity among white and black students at four American universities. Utilizing the Twenty Statements Test [Kuhn, M. H., & McPartland, T. S. (1954). An empirical investigation of self-attitudes. <em>American Sociological Review, 19</em>, 68–76], we measure racial identity salience among students at three predominantly white northeastern universities and one historically black southern university. As predicted, we found that racial identity salience for white students at the predominantly white universities (PWUs) was significantly lower than racial identity salience among black students in these university settings. Contrary to our expectations, racial identity salience among white students at the historically black university (HBCU) was lower than racial identity salience exhibited among black students at this university, and white students at the HBCU were not more likely to exhibit racial identity saliency than white students at the PWUs. These findings indicate that the “transparency phenomenon,” transcends context in that whites are generally far less likely to think of themselves in racial terms than are people of color. Thus, racial transparency among whites appears to supercede context. Racial salience is much higher among African-American students at the PWUs than at the HBCU; this finding suggests the importance of context for African-Americans. However, fully one-third of African-American students at the HBCU listed race on the TST, suggesting the transcendent power of a racialized identity in a dominantly white society.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":88662,"journal":{"name":"Race & society : Official journal of the Association of Black Sociologists","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 57-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.09.005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55150482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial Board page","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1090-9524(04)00045-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1090-9524(04)00045-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88662,"journal":{"name":"Race & society : Official journal of the Association of Black Sociologists","volume":"6 1","pages":"Page ii"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1090-9524(04)00045-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137154926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identities and their complexities: a review essay of trends in ethnic identification among second-generation Haitian immigrants in New York City by Flore Zéphir","authors":"Fabienne Doucet","doi":"10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88662,"journal":{"name":"Race & society : Official journal of the Association of Black Sociologists","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 75-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.09.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55150119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Partnering, parenting, and policy: family issues affecting Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people","authors":"Sean Cahill , Juan Battle , Doug Meyer","doi":"10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.11.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Employing a variety of available data and previous research, the authors examine issues related to Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people's parenting practices and experiences. Findings indicate that parenting may serve to more fully-integrate Black LGBT people into both White LGBT communities and Black heterosexual communities. Black LGBT parents may also be disproportionately harmed as a result of anti-gay parenting measures. In light of these findings, the authors discuss foster parenting and adoption, racial and economic justice, and the current same-sex marriage debate. In sum, although the intersection of race and sexuality creates circumstances unique to Black LGBT people that neither White LGBT people nor Black heterosexual people are required to confront, Black LGBT people's similarities with other groups should not be overlooked.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":88662,"journal":{"name":"Race & society : Official journal of the Association of Black Sociologists","volume":"6 2","pages":"Pages 85-98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.11.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55150522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Opting for White: choice, fluidity and racial identity construction in post civil-rights America","authors":"Kerry Ann Rockquemore , Patricia Arend","doi":"10.1016/j.racsoc.2003.12.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.racsoc.2003.12.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Historically, racial identity for persons with one Black and one White parent assumed the development of a Black identity in accordance with the one-drop rule. However, empirical research on the multiracial population suggests that there exists wide variation in racial identification. We explore the interpretive power of Bonilla-Silva’s Latin Americanization model to explain racial identity construction among a sample of 259 mixed-race respondents. We highlight case studies of individuals who have constructed a White identity in order to illustrate how structural changes in race relations have increased the range of racial identities available to multiracial people. While we observe variation in racial identification among our respondents, their “choices” continue to be differentially available due to their physical appearance and social context.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":88662,"journal":{"name":"Race & society : Official journal of the Association of Black Sociologists","volume":"5 1","pages":"Pages 49-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.racsoc.2003.12.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55149526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}