Black, Negro, or Afro-American
The Differences Are Crucial
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19005294 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Halford H Fairchild (University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-55 |
| Publication date | 1985-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Black Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002193478501600103 |
| OpenAlex | W2063731177 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 12 |
Race names have long been associated with the development and maintenance of racial attitudes. Indeed, when the first Europeans discovered Africa and Africans, they were quick to label Africans because this term maximized the perceived differences between African and European (Jordan, 1968). In this connection, Jordan (1968) and others (e.g., Longshore, 1979) have noted the long history of the negative connotations associated with the color black in the English lexicon. Similarly, the English language has a large number of positive connotations associated with the color white. Several researchers have argued that these positive and negative connotations are influential in the evaluative favorability/ unfavorability of the groups who have been associated
African american · Black african · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Lexicon · Linguistics · Race (biology) · Sociology · White (mutation) · Anthropology · Color perception and design · Gender Studies · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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A social psychological study of ethnonyms
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Geopolitical Roots and Branches
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Thoroughly Mixed Yet Thoroughly Ethnic
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Research Directions of Black Psychologists
Racial prejudice and racial stereotypes
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,51 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2025 (39) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |