The Tie That Binds : : Identity and Political Attitudes in the Post-Civil Rights Generation / / Andrea Y. Simpson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Simpson, Andrea Y.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1998]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

What does it mean to be black in a nation increasingly infatuated with colorblindness? In The Tie That Binds, Andrea Y. Simpson seeks to answer this crucial question through the prism of ethnic and political identification. Historically, African Americans have voted overwhelmingly Democratic in governmental elections. In recent years, however, politically conservative blacks--from Clarence Thomas to Louis Farrakhan to Ward Connerly–have attracted much of the media's gaze. What is the nature of black conservatives' constituency, and is it as strong and numerous as conservatives would have us believe? To what extent, if at all, does black conservatism stem from a weakened sense of collective racial identity? Simpson tackles the peculiar institution of black conservatism by interviewing college students to determine their political attitudes and the ways in which these are shaped. The result is a penetrating interrogation of the relations between political affiliation, racial identity, and class situation.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Conservatives, Part 1 -- 3. The Conservatives, Part 2 -- 4. Issues of Empowerment and Liability -- 5. Identity and Integration -- 6. The Tie That Binds and Redeems -- Appendix A. The Research Design -- Appendix B. Survey of Political Attitudes of Young African-Americans -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author