Blue veins and kinky hair : naming and color consciousness in African America /

The author explores how Africans in America internalized the negative images created of them by the European world, and how internalized racism has worked to fracture African American unity and thereby dilute inchoate efforts toward liberation. In the late 1960s, change began with the Black Is Beaut...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lake, Obiagele
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
Temas:
African Americans > Race identity.
Names, Personal > African American.
Race awareness > United States.
Noirs américains > Identité ethnique.
Noms de personnes noirs américains.
Conscience de race > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African Americans > Race identity
Names, Personal > African American
Race awareness
Ethnische Beziehungen
United States
USA
Schwärze
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The author explores how Africans in America internalized the negative images created of them by the European world, and how internalized racism has worked to fracture African American unity and thereby dilute inchoate efforts toward liberation. In the late 1960s, change began with the Black Is Beautiful slogan and new a consciousness, which went hand in hand with Black Power and pan-African movements. The author argues that for any people to succeed, they must first embrace their own identity, including physical characteristics. Naming, skin color, and hair have been topical issues in the Afri.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 142 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-134) and indexes.
ISBN:0313058644
9780313058646

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