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The paradox of black patriotism

Double Consciousness

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ID2147602
AuthorsMarilyn E Johnson (0000-0002-6044-2439, University of Florida, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume41
Issue11
Pages1971-1989
Publication date2018-09-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2017.1332378
PMID34924643
OpenAlexW2619725871
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited16

This study explores the double consciousness of black American patriotism in the modern era marked by publicized police killings of blacks, widespread antiracism protests, and concern for racially motivated violence. This analysis provides timely ethnographic insights into black identities that vividly captures black voices; fuses classical and contemporary race theories and extends them into the literature on patriotism; and proposes a model for understanding how double consciousness is negotiated in personal identity construction. I conducted twenty-two in-depth interviews of black Americans. I explored three questions: (1) how they interpret patriotism; (2) whether their interpretations affirm or defy their black identity; and (3) how tensions between race and nation manifest in their patriotic identity development. Many denounced hegemonic patriotism and constructed alternative patriotic brands. These brands are situated on an "Axis of Identities", which is comprised of four profiles: the bystander, the sycophant, the subverter, and the conscious patriot

Aesthetics · Art · Collective identity · Consciousness · Epistemology · Hegemony · Identity (music · Patriotism · Political science · Race (biology · Situated · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Social and Intergroup Psychology

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Citations per year1,43
Citation span2019 - 2026 (8)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
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