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Black Ethnicity, Black Community, and PoliticalSolidarity among African Americans and BlackImmigrants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2006

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

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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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