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Lacy, Karyn

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“…Finally, much of the work on race has assessed how it occurs in everyday, routine interactions. This research shows fairly conclusively that people of color encounter different treatment from Whites in a variety of settings, from home purchasing (Lacy 2007) to shopping (Pittman 2017) to dining out (Dirks and Rice 2004) to policing (Gilbert and Ray 2016;Ray, Marsh, and Powelson 2017). The nuances of this vary depending on the racial group in questionwhile people of color at large report discriminatory treatment in public spaces, for Asian Americans this often takes the form of being stereotyped as foreigners or terrorists (Chou and Feagin 2008).…”

Section: Race In Interactionsmentioning

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“Will America Work? Racial and Economic Equity in a Post-COVID World”

Wingfield

2021

Social Currents

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Due to a variety of structural, political, and economic changes, the US is currently in the midst of record levels of economic inequality. At the same time, the country is rapidly becoming more racially diverse (and dealing with the backlash of these demographic changes). In this article, I use Kalleberg’s (2003) framework of “good jobs” and “bad jobs” in conjunction with several sociological theories of race and racism to assess the implications of these changes. I suggest that the United States is at an inflection point that will either result in a shift toward policies that produce more racial and economic parity, or a commitment to forces that will further entrench these inequalities.

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Section: Race In Interactionsmentioning

confidence: 92%

“Will America Work? Racial and Economic Equity in a Post-COVID World”

Wingfield

2021

Social Currents

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“…But, would the Club's mission and style of sociability remain the same if a non-Black person were to join as Preston claims? Members value intraracial belonging and the comfort it provides in contrast to the hostilities they often face in White spaces (Anderson 2015; see also Lacy 2007, Neckerman et al 1999. Seventy-six-year-old Benjamin, the longest-standing member (1978), asserts that members "like to have it [the Club] be Black" because "it's a different relaxation."…”

Section: Integrating Membershipmentioning

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“…Black Americans, of course, spend a great deal of time in predominantly White public settings, or what Anderson (2015) calls “the White space.” Due to where they reside and work, negotiating the hostilities of the White space is especially commonplace for middle‐class Black Americans who simultaneously seek to maintain their Blackness (Anderson 2015; Lacy 2007; Neckerman and Carter 1999). Black spaces satisfy this need by furnishing Black cultural ties, escape from the White space, and pleasurable intraracial sociability (Lacy 2007; also see Guzman 2021). Together, Black spaces are central to what Taylor (1979) refers to as “Black ethnogenesis.”…”

Section: Evolving Racial Frontiers and Social Integrationmentioning

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“…Due to where they reside and work, negotiating the hostilities of the White space is especially commonplace for middle-class Black Americans who simultaneously seek to maintain their Blackness (Anderson 2015;Lacy 2007;Neckerman and Carter 1999). Black spaces satisfy this need by furnishing Black cultural ties, escape from the White space, and pleasurable intraracial sociability (Lacy 2007; also see Guzman 2021). Together, Black spaces are central to what Taylor (1979) refers to as "Black ethnogenesis.…”

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“…Although often used as a “fixed, explanatory black box” for explaining behaviors and social problems among African Americans (Patterson 2000: 203; also see Wilson 2009), considering culture in the Black experience remains relevant if not necessary. Culture supplies the ideological underpinnings of racism as a social system (Bonilla‐Silva 2015) and continues to shape identity and status dynamics within Black communities (Lacy 2007; Pattillo 2007; Pattillo‐McCoy 1999), especially along class and gender lines (see Gaines 1996). Racialization takes shape at the local level (Bonilla‐Silva 2015), where small groups form cultures reflecting larger society yet distinctly their own.…”

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Race‐Making an Idioculture: The Case of a Black Social Club

Guzman

2021

Sociological Inquiry

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Racialization takes shape at the local level, where small groups form cultures reflecting larger society yet distinctly their own. But what do local racialization processes look like? That is, how does small group culture reciprocally interact with racial ideologies? In what ways do small groups experience and conceive of race at the local level, and how does this shape interpersonal behavior and belonging? Through an in‐depth case study of a Black men’s social club, I analyze the ways race is interpreted at the small group level and how the ideology of race (Fields, New Left Rev, 181, 1990, 95) and the idioculture of a group emerge and interact through group processes. Using a sociology of the local approach, the analysis bridges the cultural and racial by demonstrating how small groups create and negotiate culture through recurring interactions. I encourage greater dialogue between the sociology of small group culture and race, arguing that the former makes clear the building blocks and reciprocal tensions of constructing and experiencing racial ideology.

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Black Middle Class in the Post‐Civil Rights Era

Welburn

2015

The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism

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In the United States, middle‐class status is often associated with improved opportunities and life circumstances. However, for middle‐class African Americans, race and class intersect to create a more complex middle‐class experience. Middle‐class African Americans may navigate a number of important issues including persistent racism and discrimination, limited access to financial resources, fragile neighborhood circumstances, and disproportionately high intergenerational downward mobility rates. These experiences can shape their cultural repertoires and their perceptions of the American opportunity structure. Their case is important for understanding the position of middle‐class racial minorities in the United States.

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Cited by 335 publications

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“Will America Work? Racial and Economic Equity in a Post-COVID World”

“Will America Work? Racial and Economic Equity in a Post-COVID World”

Race‐Making an Idioculture: The Case of a Black Social Club

Black Middle Class in the Post‐Civil Rights Era

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