Black and Multiracial Politics in America / / ed. by Yvette Marie Alex-Assensoh, Lawrence J. Hanks.

America is currently in the midst of a major racial and ethnic demographic shift. By the twenty-first century, the population of Hispanics and Asians will increase significantly, while the black population is expected to remain relatively stable. Non-Hispanic Whites will decrease to just over half o...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2000]
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Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Introduction. In Search of Black and Multiracial Politics in America
  • Part I. Political Incorporation, Racial Polarization, and Interethnic Discord
  • Chapter 1. Afro-Caribbean Immigrants, African Americans, and the Politics of Group Identity
  • Chapter 2. Racial Polarization, Reaction to Urban Conditions, and the Approval of Black Mayors
  • Chapter 3. Interminority Relations in Urban Settings
  • Chapter 4. Conflict or Cooperation?
  • Part II. Political and Media Institutions
  • Chapter 5. Immigrants, Blacks, and Cities
  • Chapter 6. The Portrayal of Black America in the Mass Media
  • Part III. Political Behavior
  • Chapter 7. Who Votes in Multiracial America?
  • Chapter 8. Congress, Race, and Anticrime Policy
  • Chapter 9. Representation, Ethnicity, and Congress
  • Chapter 10. Pride and Pragmatism
  • Chapter 11. Comparing Support for Affirmative Action among Four Racial Groups
  • Part IV. Race Consciousness and Gender
  • Chapter 12. Expressions of Racial Consciousness in the African American Community
  • Chapter 13. War, Political Cycles, and the Pendulum Thesis
  • Chapter 14. Deconstruct to Reconstruct
  • Epilogue. Black and Multiracial Politics: A Look Ahead
  • Index