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Black Ethnicity, Black Community, and Political Solidarity among African Americans and Black Immigrants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2006

Alana Hackshaw
Alana Hackshaw
Affiliation:
Centennial Center Visiting Scholar and University of Michigan
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Ethnic differences based on national origin are often undistinguished within the Black community in the United States. The assumption of a singular Black ethnicity (or the notion that all Blacks in the U.S. identify their origins within the U.S.) defines the majority of scholarly work on Black political identity and political behavior. However, the growing visibility of Black immigrant communities in major metropolitan areas of the U.S. raises the following question for scholars of immigration and race politics: What are the political implications of ethnic diversity within the Black community?

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 39 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 377
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© 2006 The American Political Science Association

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