Class Structure and Racial Consciousness Among Black Americans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2299779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Mcdermott (0000-0002-0159-6550, Harvard University Press, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-27 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/08969205010270010201 |
| OpenAlex | W2087365576 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 37 |
Analyses of class cleavages among Black Americans have taken on a new importance since the growth of a sizeable black middle class during the post-Civil Rights era. Less often analyzed are the cleavages within the black middle class itself; small employers, well-educated professionals and others in supervisory positions often have differing interests and beliefs. Wright's (1985) 12-celled class typology provides a means of obtaining a more nuanced view of the position and beliefs of the black middle class by defi ning class on the basis of access to exploitative assets. Using data from the National Survey of Black Americans, 1979—1980 , a good approximation of Wright's class structure developed for a largely white sample is applied to a sample of over 1100 Black Americans. This indicates that the black middle class is more concentrated in positions with less access to exploitative assets than their white counterparts. An analysis of beliefs about black separatism utilizing this class schema finds that separatist beliefs are concentrated among the proletariat, while expert managers and the petty bourgeoisie are the least supportive of separatism
Bourgeoisie · Class consciousness · Consciousness · Epistemology · Middle class · Petite bourgeoisie · Political science · Politics · Proletariat · Racial formation theory · Social class · Sociology · Typology · Underclass · Working class · Wright · Gender Studies · History · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Race and the decline of class in American politics
Families on the fault line
Classes in contemporary capitalism
Introduction to Black sociology
Black wealth, white wealth
Canarsie
Assimilation in American life
Class structure and income determination
The New Black Middle Class
The Wages of Whiteness
Integration or Separation?
From Black Awakening in Capitalist America
Attitudes toward Integration and Black Consciousness
Integration or Separation
The Declining Significance of Race
A General Theory of Exploitation and Class
Families on the Faultline
The Gap at the Top
Socialization and Racial Identity Among Black Americans
Black American perceptions of black Africans
Lost in the Storm
Race and Class Revisited - Conceptualising Race and Racisms
The declining significance of race
Discrimination over the Life Course
The Making of the Black Middle Class
Wealth Accumulation of Black and White Men
Education, Exploitation, and Class Consciousness
Glass Ceilings and Glass Escalators
Blacks on the Bubble
Racial Stratification and Socioeconomic Change in the American North and South
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2015 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |