True to Our Native Land

Distinguishing Attitudinal Support for Pan-Africanism from Black Separatism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2135157
AutoresLester K Spence (0000-0003-4483-8641, Washington University in St. Louis), Todd C Shaw (0000-0003-2955-590X, University of South Carolina), Robert A Brown (0000-0003-2350-110X)
Año2005
Volumen2
Número1
Páginas91-111
Fecha de publicación2005-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDu Bois Review Social Science Research on Race (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1742-058X • E-ISSN: 1742-0598
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1742058x05050071
OpenAlexW2122536259
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas51

There have been several recent attempts to operationalize and measure empirically attitudinal support for Black nationalism. However, scholars have not yet reached a consensus as to what precisely constitutes Black nationalism and its manifestations. Our work addresses three critical questions. First, is Black nationalism a uni-dimensional or a multi-dimensional construct? Second, is Black nationalism another form of xenophobia? Third, is support for Black nationalism a function of time? Some scholars note that Black nationalism takes on the character of its material context and that it cannot be easily subsumed into a trans-historical ideology (Reed 2002; Robinson 2001). We indirectly test these hypotheses by examining the relationship between two components of Black nationalism-Black separatism and Pan-Africanism. To test these hypotheses, we analyze data from the 1979-1980 National Survey of Black Americans (NSBA). Overall, we establish the determinants of support for Black separatism and Pan-Africanism while distinguishing these ideologies' similarities and differences

Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Ideology · Nationalism · Operationalization · Political science · Politics · Racism · Sociology · Xenophobia · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research