Stratification Economics: Context Versus Culture and the Reparations Controversy

Conspicuous consumption for social parity

“…Stigma, however, is not merely a set of negative feelings towards a person of certain colour, race, caste, or religion. It is an outcome of a 'collective process by which a racial group comes to redefine another racial group' (Blumer 1958; see also Darity Jr 2008).…”

The Power Within the Marginalised – Black Feminism in Europe and in the Caribbean

“…Indeed, poverty rate among black people in the West is generally higher than among white people. In addition, still today, Africans are often considered as lazy people without a passion to run a business (e.g., Darity, 2009;Obeng-Odoom, 2020). However, the assumption can be disproved by simply showing statistics about the entrepreneurship rate in Africa or studies on black communities' cooperatives (e.g., Gordon Nembhard, 2014;ILO, 2018).…”