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2271 - National and International Perspectives on the Perceptions, Management, and Social Construction of Blackness
Sun, August 12, 10:30am to 12:10pm, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Floor: Level 4, Franklin Hall 7Session Submission Type: Paper Session 100min
Description
The papers in this session explore the construction and management of blackness as racial categories and racial identities. International in their scope, these papers highlight a range of processes from macro to micro-level through which the state, groups, and individuals navigate and negotiate the meanings, boundaries, and reproduction of blackness.
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Black and German: “Raceless” States and Constructing Global and National Black Identities - Daniel Williams, St. Catherine University
Black Refugees in the United States: The Importance of Context for Second Generation African Immigrants - Bernadette Ludwig, Wagner College
Complicating the Narrative of Upward Mobility: Black Cultural Capital and Flexible Habitus among Middle-Class Blacks - Dawn M. Dow, University of Maryland-College Park
Racial Formation and Racial Limbo: Evidence from Legislation in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Whitney Nicole Laster Pirtle, University of California-Merced
Racial Identification of Black Mexicans and its Effects on Measurements of Population Size and Ethno-racial Inequality - Christina Alicia Sue, University of Colorado-Boulder; Fernando Riosmena; Edward E. Telles, University of California-Santa Barbara