All they see is black”
The experience and negotiation of racial identity for Nigerians in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12910039 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Doris E Acheme (0000-0002-4635-8791, University of Georgia, corresponding author), Ioana A Cionea (0000-0002-4764-4482, University of Oklahoma) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 172-190 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-27 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of International and Intercultural Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-3065 • E-ISSN: 1751-3057 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17513057.2024.2323981 |
| OpenAlex | W4393233565 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 31 |
The United States experienced rising racial tensions in 2020 due to several brutal killings of Black people. Given this context, this study examined how Nigerian immigrants experienced race and how these experiences affected their identity negotiation strategies as Black in the United States. Using a qualitative open-ended questionnaire, a purposive sample of Nigerians (N = 68) who grew up in Nigeria but resided in the United States at the time of the study was assembled. Constant comparative analysis revealed Nigerians' experience of race was a function of (a) understandings of race, (b) salient racial encounters, and (c) affective states. Findings also indicated Nigerians' racialized experiences impacted perceptions of Blackness and stereotypes communicated to them. Lastly, racial identity negotiation strategies included (a) awareness and caution, and (b) affinity and pride in being Black. These findings' implications are discussed in relation to the boundaries of race, Blackness, and group membership, thus providing more nuanced understandings of race, even as globalization increases the likelihood of intercultural and interracial communication
Aesthetics · Art · Identity (music · Identity negotiation · Negotiation · Nigerians · Political science · Race (biology · Racism · Social science · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society · Social Psychology
Research design
Racializing Accents
Black Mosaic
The Predicament of Blackness
A Theory of Immigration And Racial Stratification
Black Immigrants
Black Immigrants in the United States and the "Cultural Narratives" of Ethnicity
Stereotyped Communication
You are first a migrant”
African Immigrants and African-Americans
Interpretive themes in relational communication
Don't Call Me Black! Rhizomatic Analysis of Blackness, Immigration, and the Politics of Race Without Guarantees
The Impact of Intersecting Dimensions of Inequality and Identity on the Racial Status of Eastern African Immigrants 1
Protest Structures
Identity in Anthropology
Persuasion and Resistance
Identity among first and second generation African immigrants in the United States
Race as biology is fiction, racism as a social problem is real
Are Latinos Becoming "White" Folk? And What That Still Says about Race in America
Establishing the Fact of Whiteness
A Qualitative Analysis of How Anthropologists Interpret the Race Construct
Being black, foreign and woman
Race and racisms
Stepping up Your Game
| Citations per year | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |