Black History and Black Identity : A Call for a New Historiography
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“That further advances in the conceptualization of the black experience will be forthcoming is not to be doubted. Those interested in making such advances will need to take Wright's work into account.”–
“Wright traces the development of black historiography, recounting the developments of first-, second-, and third-wave black historians. Focusing on issues of black identity, he considers its relationship to history, orthography, black ethnicity, and white and European society. The contribution of historical studies to black efforts to gain political power and social inclusion is highlighted.”–
Book Description
This study contends that historians and intellectuals failed to understand the difference between race and ethnicity, which has in turn impaired their ability to understand who Black people are in America. The author argues that Black Americans are to be distinguished from other categories of black people in the country: black Africans, West Indians, or Hispanics. While Black people are members of the black race, as are other groups of people, they are a distinct ethnic group of that race. This conceptual failure has hampered the ability of historians to define Black experience in America and to study it in the most accurate, authentic, and realistic manner possible.
Black History and Black Identity : A Call for a New Historiography
Black History and Black Identity: A Call for a New Historiography,W. D. Wright,Praeger Publishers,0275974421,African Americans,Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General,Ethnic identity,Historiography,History,History - General History,History - U.S.,History: American,Race identity,United States - General,American history,Black studies,History / United States / General,History of specific racial & ethnic groups,USA
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