Research Catalog

Title

Meaning-making, internalized racism, and African American identity / edited by Jas M. Sullivan and William E. Cross, Jr.

Publication

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sullivan, Jas M.
• Cross, William E., 1940-

Description

xxi, 349 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Focusing on the broad range of attitudes Black people employ to make sense of their Blackness, this volume offers the latest research on racial identity. The first section explores meaning-making, or the importance of holding one type of racial-cultural identity as compared to another. It looks at a wide range of topics, including stereotypes, spirituality, appearance, gender and intersectionalities, masculinity, and more. The second section examines the different expressions of internalized racism that arise when the pressure of oppression is too great, and includes such topics as identity orientations, self-esteem, colorism, and linked fate. Grounded in psychology, the research presented here makes the case for understanding Black identity as wide ranging in content, subject to multiple interpretations, and linked to both positive mental health as well as varied forms of internalized racism.

Series Statement

SUNY series in African American studies

Uniform Title

SUNY series in African American studies.

Subject

• Since 1975
• African Americans > Race identity
• African Americans > Social conditions > 1975-
• African Americans > Social conditions
• Race relations
• United States > Race relations
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / by William Cross, Jr. and Jas M. Sullivan -- Section I. Meaning-making -- Affirming blackness: racial identity from racial color-blindness to critical consciousness / Helen A. Neville, Tuyet-Mai H. Hoang, and Arielle Brown -- The racial ties that bind: blacks' affective and behavioral responses to black-white biracials acting stereotypically / Sabrica Barnett and Daryl Wout -- The relationship between parents' racial identity attitudes and their adolescent children's perception of physical appearance, racial identity and social adjustment / Peony Fhagen -- Ethos matters: identity, spirituality, meaning and purpose among African-American youth / Lisa K. Hill, Debra D. Roberts, and Kelli A. Hill -- Expanding black narratives: the role of meaning making in ethnically diverse blacks' racial identity and racial awareness / Hollie L. Jones and Eve Lorane Brown -- I too am black: bi/multiracial black youth speak about their racialized experiences / Stephen M. Quintana, Susan Lambe Sarinana, and Alyssa M. Ramirez Stege -- The one drop rule: shifting expressions of racial identity and well-being in black-multiracial individuals / Lauren E. Smith, Laura Kohn-Wood and Guerda Nicolas -- Through the lens of gender: an intersectional perspective on race and racial identity / Isis H. Settles and Elizabeth R. Cole -- The intersection of social identities among black female college students / Joanna Lee Williams and Saida B. Hussain -- The intersection of racial and cultural identity for African Americans: expanding the scope of black self-understanding / A. Wade Boykin, R. Davis Dixon, David S.B. Mitchell, Adrian W. Bruce, Yetunde O. Akinola, and Nikeshia P. Holt -- Ethnic-racial identity and college adjustment and coping among African American college students: moderating effects of kin social support / Ronald D. Taylor, Azeb Gebre, and Elizabeth Tuzo -- I am a man too!: masculinity, economic violence and resilience in the streets of black America / Yasser Arafat Payne -- Section II. Internalized racism -- How stigma gets under the skin: internalized oppression and dual minority stress among black sexual minorities / Alex A. Ajayi and Moin Syed -- Black identities, internalized racism, and self-esteem / William E. Cross, Jr. and David M. Frost -- Acceptance of injustice among ethnic minorities as a function of ideology and social comparison process / Krystal M. Perkins -- The intersection of colorism and racial identity and the impact on mental health / Kira Hudson Banks, Richard D. Harvey, Tanisha Thelemaque, and Onyinyechi V. Anukem -- Meta-analysis of cross racial identity scale: psychological costs and benefits of racial identity / Aaronson Y. Chew and Stephen M. Quintana -- Racial oppression and other black identity correlates / Kenneth Foster, Sr -- The role of discrimination in shaping the presence and strength of linked fate / Jas M. Sullivan and Jonathan Winburn -- Conclusion / William Cross, Jr.

Call Number

Sc E 16-1493

ISBN

• 9781438462974
• 1438462972

LCCN

2016007690

OCLC

946968274

Title

Meaning-making, internalized racism, and African American identity / edited by Jas M. Sullivan and William E. Cross, Jr.

Publisher

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2016]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

SUNY series in African American studies

SUNY series in African American studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

Since 1975

Added Author

Sullivan, Jas M., editor, author.

Cross, William E., 1940- editor, author.

Research Call Number

Sc E 16-1493