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2. But this one's not funny
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Thomas,Novel (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- 2011-09-29
- Published:
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Montreal Community Contact
- Journal Title Details:
- 20 : 6
- Notes:
- [By the way [Anthony Morgan], in another University publication you're quoted as saying: "I think the bigger issue is how little we know about the history and historical contributions of Jamaicans." Well, the issue is way bigger than Jamaica; it's a "race" issue, targeting and ridiculing Black people, all of whom are people of African descent, sons and daughters of slaves.] So those students, froshers, "...were just having fun," eh? There was "nò mal-intent?" according to director [Michel Patry]. Surely they could've found another and more interesting and humanly innocuous way to have (even more) fun. The blackface skit is a sad cliché, it's passé, plus it's not funny. Except for [White] people as they seek ways to fulfill their final stage of life: their pursuit of happiness, by any means. It serves us right; it's the 'house divided' maxim. We are fractured from pulling in so many directions. We lack cohesion and the essential elements that hold people together to secure a strong !foundation. We've long cut the ties that bind, so it's very easy for people to have their way with us.
3. Ethnic-Racial Socialization Messages in the Identity Development of Second-Generation Haitians
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Joseph,Nancy (Author) and Hunter,Carla D. (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2011 May
- Published:
- United States: Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks CA
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Adolescent Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 26(3) : 344-380
- Notes:
- Journal Article, This study utilized qualitative inquiry to investigate the role of ethnic-racial socialization messages on ethnic and racial identity development among second-generation Haitians. The data were reviewed for emergent themes, as well as themes present in the ethnic-racial socialization and identity literature. Participants reported receiving positive messages (i.e., Cultural Socialization, Mainstream Socialization, and Preparation for Bias messages) directed at their ethnic groups in the home context and negative messages (i.e., Promotion of Mistrust and discriminatory messages) about their racial group in the home, peer, and societal contexts.
4. Immigration and the health of U.S. black adults: Does country of origin matter?
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Hamilton,Tod G. (Author) and Hummer,Robert A. (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Science
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Social science & medicine
- Journal Title Details:
- 73(10) : 1551-1560
- Notes:
- Uses data on both region and country of birth for black immigrants in the United States and methodology that allows for the identification of arrival cohorts to test whether there are sending country differences in the health of black adults in the United States. Results show that African immigrants maintain their health advantage over U.S.-born black adults after more than 20 years in the United States. In contrast, black immigrants from the Caribbean who have been in the United States for more than 20 years appear to experience some downward health assimilation.
5. Inclusion of Afro-descendents in ethnic data collection: towards visibility
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Lennox,Corinne (Author) and Minott,Carlos (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- International journal on minority and group rights
- Journal Title Details:
- 18(2) : 257-275
- Notes:
- Afro-descendant civil society organizations in Latin America have pursued an important strand of advocacy on reforming national censuses. The aim has been to increase the visibility of Afro-descendant populations through disaggregated data and thus to improve recognition of their distinct identity. Brazil is leading the way on such data collection while other countries are taking first steps, like Argentina and Chile.
6. La representacion literaria del "negro" en la Cuba de entre-siglos: Eliseo Altunaga y Marta Rojas (1990--2005)
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Valero,Silvia Maria (Author)
- Format:
- Dissertation/Thesis
- Language:
- ES
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Montreal, Canada: Universite de Montreal
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 255 p., The collapse and disappearance of the Soviet Union implied many transformations in the Cuban society, which altered the traditional construction of identity within the frame of the nation-state. It is in that context where alternative new discourses on "race", racism and negritude emerged. The representation of the afro-descendent in the novels of the 1990's and 2000's poses enormous interest since the literary text has been one of the spaces where identity markers have been renegotiated. This dissertation explores how social discourses on cubanidad and negritude have an effect on the writers Eliseo Altunaga and Marta Rojas and their literary production.
7. Learning across home and school contexts: Examining the racial and ethnic socialization of 1.5 and second-generation Caribbean American middle school students
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Coleman,Chonika C. (Author)
- Format:
- Dissertation/Thesis
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
- Notes:
- 347 p., Historically, the integration of European immigrants and their children into U.S. society has been signified by their ability to assimilate into White middle-class society and enjoy the advantages of upward mobility. However, similar privileges are not experienced by immigrants of color; most often these groups assume a minority status in the United States, which (i) creates socio-economic impediments in their journey toward upward mobility and (ii) destabilizes their deeply embedded notions of self and identity. Within this social dilemma, 1.5 and second generation U.S.-born children of Caribbean immigrants occupy a distinctive and theoretically-valuable location for researchers. Grounded in critical race theory and the notion that racial hierarchies and racism are inescapable markers of the Black experiences in the U.S., this study explores the ways in which ten children of Caribbean immigrants come to understand themselves and their place in U.S. racial discourses and conventions given the racial and ethnic socialization messages they receive at home and their experiences with institutionalized racism and racial hierarchies in U.S. schools.
8. Lesson from Brazil
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Butty,David C. (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Apr 10-Apr 16, 2011
- Published:
- Highland Park, MI
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Michigan Citizen
- Journal Title Details:
- 22 : A11-A11,A14
- Notes:
- History shows close to two million enslaved Africans were taken to South America. A great number of them were taken to Bahia, Brazil, to work on the sugar cane plantations. [Dionisio] has hope for the future of Brazilian Blacks. "If America can elect a Black president, I know that our time will one day come when a Black Brazilian will look after the wellbeing of his or her people. But at the way things are in Brazil, it is only through education that we will one day be equal to the whites, if you know what I mean." At this point, it sounded as if Dionisio was engaged in a monologue. "But many children dream of one day being like Pele, our greatest football star," he continued as he gazed in the distance, his eyes resting on the humming bird doing battle with the sweet nectar. The mention of Pele changed the contour of his face and I could see the veins in his face clearly showing. "Most of our people have let us down. Most, like Pele, can be considered Black, but we have a saying here that 'You are a Black person with a white soul. We say that of Black leaders and football celebrities who do not support any Black agenda."