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The Myth of Black Ethnicity - Monophylety, Diversity, and the Dilemma of Identity (Hardcover)
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The Myth of Black Ethnicity - Monophylety, Diversity, and the Dilemma of Identity (Hardcover)
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In the late 1800s W.E.B. Dubois asked what it really means to be
black in America. He raised the spectre of divided loyalties and
the blurring of individuality that he called "Double
Consciousness". This volume offers an insight into this "dilemma of
identity" by asking the seemingly rhetorical question, what does
O.J. Simpson have in common with the participants in the Million
Man March, the jury that set him free, the people who inexplicably
cheered his acquittal, the prosecuting attorney, the black Muslim
Louis Farrakhan, or with his own children? Each case involves
cross-cutting currents of age, sex, religion, race, ethnicity,
class and ideology. But what they share among themselves, and with
the rest of the nation, is the firm conviction that they are black.
The author aims to reveal the importance of this imaginary bond,
this ethnic ethic, this myth of black ethnicity. He explores its
creation, its evolution and its role in linking together the many
generations of blacks in America. Dr Davis also seeks to show: how
this myth connects the slave huts of Alabama to O.J.'s Brentwood
estate; how it connects him to his jury emancipators; how it
connects Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to discussions of
affirmative action; and how it connects an ancient Juffure villager
named Kunta Kinte to contemporary slum dwellers in Harlem. The book
argues that it is not race that ties these diverse millions
together, but a co-operatively developed paradigm shared by blacks
and non-blacks alike as to what constitutes an authentic black
existence. By de-bunking the myth, the author seeks to point the
way to a fuller recognition of the individual differences that
blacks have always had but that are becoming more apparent as the
opportunity to express them becomes more prevalent.
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