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- Black-Brown Relations and Stereotypes
- Book
- 2002
- Published by: University of Texas Press
summary
Race relations in twenty-first-century America will not be just a black-and-white issue. The 2000 census revealed that Hispanics already slightly outnumber African Americans as the largest ethnic group, while together Blacks and Hispanics constitute the majority population in the five largest U.S. cities. Given these facts, black-brown relations could be a more significant racial issue in the decades to come than relations between minority groups and Whites. Offering some of the first in-depth analyses of how African Americans and Hispanics perceive and interact with each other, this pathfinding study looks at black-brown relations in Houston, Texas, one of the largest U.S. cities with a majority ethnic population and one in which Hispanics outnumber African Americans. Drawing on the results of several sociological studies, the authors focus on four key issues: how each group forms and maintains stereotypes of the other, areas in which the two groups conflict and disagree, the crucial role of women in shaping their communities’ racial attitudes, and areas in which Hispanics and African Americans agree and can cooperate to achieve greater political power and social justice.
Table of Contents
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- List of Tables
- pp. viii-ix
- 3. Areas of Disagreement
- pp. 43-66
- 5. Areas of Agreement
- pp. 95-110
- 6. Prospects for Black-Brown Relations
- pp. 111-132
- References
- pp. 133-143
Additional Information
ISBN
9780292798533
Related ISBN(s)
9780292752641
MARC Record
OCLC
55895379
Pages
165
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No