Nathan Glazer
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198296102
- eISBN:
- 9780191599583
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/019829610X.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
American multiculturalism, Nathan Glazer holds, has been ‘exceptional’, in its benign version reflecting America's positive legacy of multi‐ethnic immigrant nation, and in its less benign version ...
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American multiculturalism, Nathan Glazer holds, has been ‘exceptional’, in its benign version reflecting America's positive legacy of multi‐ethnic immigrant nation, and in its less benign version compounding America's original sin of slavery. Glazer also points to a unique limitation (or conversely, strength) of American multiculturalism. For all its ethnic pluralism, the US has held firm to its rejection of foreign enclaves. There is nothing ‘multicultural’ about its formal citizenship regime yet, which requires a change of identity and loyalty.Less
American multiculturalism, Nathan Glazer holds, has been ‘exceptional’, in its benign version reflecting America's positive legacy of multi‐ethnic immigrant nation, and in its less benign version compounding America's original sin of slavery. Glazer also points to a unique limitation (or conversely, strength) of American multiculturalism. For all its ethnic pluralism, the US has held firm to its rejection of foreign enclaves. There is nothing ‘multicultural’ about its formal citizenship regime yet, which requires a change of identity and loyalty.
Claudio Saunt
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780195176315
- eISBN:
- 9780199788972
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195176315.003.0011
- Subject:
- History, Social History
In the Jim Crow era, some Indians publicly identified with their Confederate heritage as a way to emphasize their affiliation with whites in Oklahoma. For purposes of segregation, the state ...
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In the Jim Crow era, some Indians publicly identified with their Confederate heritage as a way to emphasize their affiliation with whites in Oklahoma. For purposes of segregation, the state constitution defined blacks as those with any amount of African ancestry. All others, including Indians, were considered white. That definition put into the law the racial divide that had begun emerging in the Grayson family a century earlier.Less
In the Jim Crow era, some Indians publicly identified with their Confederate heritage as a way to emphasize their affiliation with whites in Oklahoma. For purposes of segregation, the state constitution defined blacks as those with any amount of African ancestry. All others, including Indians, were considered white. That definition put into the law the racial divide that had begun emerging in the Grayson family a century earlier.
Jonathan Y. Okamura
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780252042607
- eISBN:
- 9780252051449
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5622/illinois/9780252042607.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Race and Ethnicity
This chapter situates the Fukunaga case in the racial setting of Hawai‘i during the 1920s, when the anti-Japanese movement peaked before World War II. It begins by discussing Haole political and ...
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This chapter situates the Fukunaga case in the racial setting of Hawai‘i during the 1920s, when the anti-Japanese movement peaked before World War II. It begins by discussing Haole political and economic power, which resulted from Haole’s enforcing race as the dominant organizing principle of social relations. Also outlined is the anti-Japanese movement, which sought to subordinate Japanese Americans because they were considered the most dangerous threat to Haole domination. The chapter discusses previous racial injustices against Japanese and Filipino labor leaders in the 1920s who had upset the racial hierarchy by organizing plantation strikes. It concludes that the racial setting was demarcated by an uneven racial divide between Haoles and non-Haoles because Native Hawaiians had much greater political access than most of the latter.Less
This chapter situates the Fukunaga case in the racial setting of Hawai‘i during the 1920s, when the anti-Japanese movement peaked before World War II. It begins by discussing Haole political and economic power, which resulted from Haole’s enforcing race as the dominant organizing principle of social relations. Also outlined is the anti-Japanese movement, which sought to subordinate Japanese Americans because they were considered the most dangerous threat to Haole domination. The chapter discusses previous racial injustices against Japanese and Filipino labor leaders in the 1920s who had upset the racial hierarchy by organizing plantation strikes. It concludes that the racial setting was demarcated by an uneven racial divide between Haoles and non-Haoles because Native Hawaiians had much greater political access than most of the latter.
Abigail Perkiss
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801452284
- eISBN:
- 9780801470851
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801452284.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter describes blacks' concerns over a perceived racial hierarchy that was beginning to emerge in West Mount Airy Neighbors in the 1960s, and discusses how the West Mount Airy Neighbors ...
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This chapter describes blacks' concerns over a perceived racial hierarchy that was beginning to emerge in West Mount Airy Neighbors in the 1960s, and discusses how the West Mount Airy Neighbors Association (WMAN) addressed the problem. WMAN leaders focused its effort in examining the problems of racism that existed both within the organization and throughout the larger West Mount Airy community. They organized a series of workshops that would bring together white and black Mount Airy residents to discuss the growing racial divide in the community. They also set up a six-session course titled “Face to Face: Black-White Confrontation” that would help residents address racial prejudice within the neighborhood.Less
This chapter describes blacks' concerns over a perceived racial hierarchy that was beginning to emerge in West Mount Airy Neighbors in the 1960s, and discusses how the West Mount Airy Neighbors Association (WMAN) addressed the problem. WMAN leaders focused its effort in examining the problems of racism that existed both within the organization and throughout the larger West Mount Airy community. They organized a series of workshops that would bring together white and black Mount Airy residents to discuss the growing racial divide in the community. They also set up a six-session course titled “Face to Face: Black-White Confrontation” that would help residents address racial prejudice within the neighborhood.
MELISSA WALKER
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813124094
- eISBN:
- 9780813134789
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813124094.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This concluding chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the local farmers' recollection of their experiences in the rural transformation in the American South. It suggests that the ...
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This concluding chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the local farmers' recollection of their experiences in the rural transformation in the American South. It suggests that the transformation of agriculture undermined farm people's ties to the past and the rural southerners, through their stories, sought a kind of redemption, a restoration of a sense that their lives and their way of life had mattered. Their shared memory focused on self-sufficiency, a rural work ethic, persistence through hard times, a commitment to mutual aid, an attachment to the land and the local community, and the relative equality of rural folk. Their descriptions of transformation and its meanings were marked by sharp class, generational, and racial divides.Less
This concluding chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the local farmers' recollection of their experiences in the rural transformation in the American South. It suggests that the transformation of agriculture undermined farm people's ties to the past and the rural southerners, through their stories, sought a kind of redemption, a restoration of a sense that their lives and their way of life had mattered. Their shared memory focused on self-sufficiency, a rural work ethic, persistence through hard times, a commitment to mutual aid, an attachment to the land and the local community, and the relative equality of rural folk. Their descriptions of transformation and its meanings were marked by sharp class, generational, and racial divides.
LaFleur Stephens-Dougan
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- January 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780226698847
- eISBN:
- 9780226699035
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226699035.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
The final chapter sums up the findings of the book and discusses racial distancing theory for dynamics that are not black-white. For example, racial distancing theory may lend itself to other racial ...
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The final chapter sums up the findings of the book and discusses racial distancing theory for dynamics that are not black-white. For example, racial distancing theory may lend itself to other racial or ethnic group divides. The implications of racial distancing for black politics and for democratic politics more broadly are also discussed.Less
The final chapter sums up the findings of the book and discusses racial distancing theory for dynamics that are not black-white. For example, racial distancing theory may lend itself to other racial or ethnic group divides. The implications of racial distancing for black politics and for democratic politics more broadly are also discussed.
Joseph B. Atkins
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781934110805
- eISBN:
- 9781604733259
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781934110805.003.0006
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This chapter explores the “Sunbelt South” region through the perspectives of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor Henry Utger and Black newspaper publisher and political leader Carol Zippert. ...
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This chapter explores the “Sunbelt South” region through the perspectives of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor Henry Utger and Black newspaper publisher and political leader Carol Zippert. According to Carol, the Sunbelt South had the same racial divide as that of the Old South, but the only difference was that the race issue was submerged under the politics of fiscal conservatism. Utger argued that the South still suffers the same labor issues that plagued it decades ago, pointing out that the anti-unionist attitude of business owners is still rampant in the region.Less
This chapter explores the “Sunbelt South” region through the perspectives of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor Henry Utger and Black newspaper publisher and political leader Carol Zippert. According to Carol, the Sunbelt South had the same racial divide as that of the Old South, but the only difference was that the race issue was submerged under the politics of fiscal conservatism. Utger argued that the South still suffers the same labor issues that plagued it decades ago, pointing out that the anti-unionist attitude of business owners is still rampant in the region.
