Ethnicity, Pluralism, and Race: Race Relations Theory in America before Myrdal.

Abraham, Sameer Y.; Wacker, R. Fred

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“…In part, this followed from a divergence from Park's own understanding of race relations as primarily being an issue of the South and its system of 'caste'. This was something that was understood would be resolved by a process of gradual assimilation following migration to northern cities (Persons, 1987;Wacker, 1983). It also derived from Park's earlier position as amanuensis to Booker T. Washington from whom he derived his gradualist views on race as well as a consciousness of the antipathy between Washington and Du Bois (Lyman, 1992;Matthews, 1977).…”

Section: Overlapping Circles Segregated Institutions and Diverging So...mentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Another position, most recently put forward by Bednar (2022), is that Miller endorsed 'nationalism'. A more nuanced version is put forward by Wacker (1983) in his brief discussion of Miller's momentary role within Chicago sociology. He suggests that while Miller harboured 'nationalist' sympathies up to the end of the first world war, he subsequently allied national consciousness with racial and class consciousness and saw them all as equally 'pathological'.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Robert Park is widely credited with guiding Johnson and Winifred Raushenbush was first employed as an assistant in the writing up period. The study tends to be identified when discussing the contributions of African American sociologists at Chicago, but left out of the main histories of Chicago sociology of the period, including those of Wacker (1983) and Persons (1987) focused on race and ethnic relations. For an exception, see Bulmer (1984).…”

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Race, nation and empire; the forgotten sociology of Herbert Adolphus Miller

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Holmwood

2022

Journal of Classical Sociology

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Herbert Adolphus Miller (1875–1951) is a neglected figure within North American sociology, yet he made a distinctive contribution to the sociology and politics of race relations. He was one of the first sociological critics of eugenics and developed a distinctive approach to race relations and the position of subject minorities derived from a critical analysis of European empires. His approach was complementary to that of Du Bois with whom he had a close relationship. In this article, we trace Miller’s critique of eugenics and the idea of ‘Americanisation’ as a policy of immigrant assimilation, showing the distinctiveness of his approach within North American sociology, including the milieu of Chicago sociology with which he was associated. We also examine the connection between his sociology of race and Park’s position on race relations as being a process of gradual assimilation. We conclude with discussion of the Chicago school influence over Gunnar Myrdal’s The American Dilemma and the alternative approach to race relations that both Du Bois and Miller had already outlined in the 1920s.

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