The Philadelphia Negro

Bois, W. E. B. Du; Anderson, Elijah

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“…There were a number of important, early analyses of the African-American population that also addressed issues of class differentiation (Du Bois [1899Bois [ ] 1990Bois [ , [1903 1989); Frazier 1939Frazier [1968, 1957 [1990]; Drake and Cayton, 1946), but Landry's (1987) analysis of the "new black middle class" is perhaps the turning point in the study of the black middle class in the United States. Landry (1987, p. ix) notes in his preface that "social scientists were almost completely silent about the size of this group, their origins, and their living conditions" (see also Pattillo-McCoy, 1999).…”

Section: The Black Middle Class and Residential Segregationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neighborhood Opportunities, Race, and Class: The Black Middle Class and Residential Segregation

2004

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Racial residential segregation has received considerable attention from social scientists who, in general, have found that African Americans, particularly those in large, northeastern and midwestern metropolitan areas have been highly segregated from whites since at least the beginning of the Great Migration. This analysis combines research on racial residential segregation with research about residential segregation based on social class in order to study the segregation of middle‐class blacks from middle‐class whites. By using Census data that incorporate consistent geographic definitions of Census tracts in 50 U.S. metropolitan areas from 1970 to 1990, I assess change in the levels of residential segregation between middle‐class blacks and middle‐class whites. The index of dissimilarity indicates that while there was a decrease in the segregation of middle‐class blacks from middle‐class whites between 1970 and 1990, in many metropolitan areas this segregation remained high through 1990. The analysis also shows that middle‐class blacks lived in neighborhoods, on average, with considerably more poverty, more boarded‐up homes, more female‐headed households, and fewer college graduates than neighborhoods inhabited by middle‐class whites. Overall, the results suggest that, for the most part, these groups remain residentially separated in U.S. metropolitan areas.

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Neighborhood Opportunities, Race, and Class: The Black Middle Class and Residential Segregation

2004

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“…Despite his recognition of the impact of the social environment, he produced a list of "inherent traits" as explanation for the failure of Blacks to conform to proper behavioral patterns. Other than Odum's work, empirical data with regard to race came from Black and White women who wrote about the progress of Blacks after emancipation 2 and from Black sociologist W. E. B. DuBois, who conducted the first study of an urban Black community in Philadelphia (DuBois, 1899(DuBois, /1967; see also Lemert & Bhan, 1998, regarding the 1892 writings of Anna Julia Cooper; Simons, 1902;Wells-Barnett, 1893. DuBois also offered a modification of the progressive evolution paradigm.…”

Section: Progressive Evolution and The Early Foundersmentioning

confidence: 97%

Shifting Paradigms

MacLean

Williams

2008

American Behavioral Scientist

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Paradigms allow people to understand the world from various viewpoints, target specific audiences, define problems of study and methodological directives, and imply solutions in the real world. This article provides a brief history of theories of race and race relations, noting that racial paradigms in mainstream sociology have rarely been displaced by radically different ones. Until the 1960s, "new" paradigms appeared as repackaged perspectives with the same background assumptions. In this work, the authors juxtapose the viewpoints of social theorists writing from within the accepted (White "malestream") canon against the writings of some who until recently have been excluded from the traditional canon. Reading theories from margin to center allows one to rethink the important features of a Black race paradigm that challenges prevailing theories and their background assumptions. This paradigm is characterized by democratic rhetoric, systematic research, and a call for social reform.

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“…Religion and the Black Church 1 have long been recognized as bastions in African American families and communities (Billingsley 1992;DuBois et al 1996;Franklin and Moss 2000). During slavery, religion and spirituality functioned as a catalyst of hope and a social space wherein slaves organized acts of resistance.…”

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‘Keeping the Faith’: How Incarcerated African American Mothers Use Religion and Spirituality to Cope with Imprisonment

Stringer

2009

J Afr Am St

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Previous studies investigate whether religion aids in rehabilitation and acclimation to the prison structure among the incarcerated. However, few studies investigate whether and how religion and spirituality can assist incarcerated persons as they attempt to cope with the strains of fulfilling family roles while behind bars. Neither does previous prison research adequately investigate the intersections of race, gender, religion, spirituality and mothering. The present study is based on focus groups with fifteen African American mothers in a Midwestern maximum-security prison. Findings give voice to this marginalized group and illustrate the ways in which these mothers utilize religion and spirituality to make sense of their incarceration and cope with the role strain associated with being an imprisoned mother. Implications for prison policy and future research are discussed.

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The Philadelphia Negro

Cited by 395 publications

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Neighborhood Opportunities, Race, and Class: The Black Middle Class and Residential Segregation

Neighborhood Opportunities, Race, and Class: The Black Middle Class and Residential Segregation

Shifting Paradigms

‘Keeping the Faith’: How Incarcerated African American Mothers Use Religion and Spirituality to Cope with Imprisonment

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