Argues that today's blacks feel compelled to interact, share, and participate with European Americans on the latter's terms. The paper suggests that whites' desires to learn about the black condition are considered offensive, intrusive, and disingenuous. A study attempts to understand these interactions and why they fail. (GLR)

Report of study of how social distance between Whites and Blacks is affected by degree of identification with one's own group and perceived external threat from other group. The results place in question the idea that ingroup integration necessarily leads to outgroup differentiation. However, it was found that the degree of perceived external…

Defines liberalism, conservatism, and social democracy in the context of the recent race and social policy debate among Black intellectuals. The social democratic ideology, suggested by the writings of William Wilson and Adolph Reed, Jr., focuses on analyzing the structure of the American economy rather than race and is seen to be the most…

Analyzes "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" as a narrative which is about the growth of an individual and the experience of a people. Discusses nature of Malcolm's autobiography, the radicalizing changes that he underwent throughout his life, his acceptance of Islam, his assumption of the role of educator for the Black people, and his…

Briefly reviews research that has found Blacks to be distrustful of Whites and describes the development of a psychometric instrument that measures four domains of cultural mistrust: education, interpersonal relations, business and work, and politics and law. The Cultural Mistrust Inventory is appended. (GC)

The author discusses different social and historical factors surrounding four kinds of interracial sexual contact: (1) between Blacks from different parts of Africa; (2) between Blacks and American Indians; (3) between Black males and White females; and (4) between White males and Black females. He holds that miscegenation does nothing to solve…

The variables of race, religion, occupational prestige, education, age, region of country, and sex as they are related to White prejudice toward Blacks and Black prejudice toward Whites (as measured by attitude toward antimiscegenation laws) are analyzed. Results show that these variables make a difference and that Whites are more favorable toward…

Analyzes struggles faced by African Americans regarding internet use by discussing how race and class based factors block many African Americans from cyberspace access and participation. Examines how the lives of African Americans on the World Wide Web and in real life are further hampered by violent, white racist internet use and briefly…

Discusses attitudes toward and trends in interracial marriage and sexual relations in the United States, both historically and as treated by Chester Himes in his novel "If He Hollers Let Him Go." (GC)

Argues that cultural hegemony (the tendency of a dominant culture to negate another and to emphasize its own image and interest) significantly affects Black cultural development, and should comprise a central focus of Black studies as an alternative to the race/class dichotomy found in current race relations literature. (Author/MJL)

Examining Afro-Americans in Vietnam in three novels reveals three components of their war experience: (1) a positive opportunity to prove fighting skills; (2) disillusionment when treated discriminatorily by white commanding officers; and (3) a cultural-historical search to make sense of their involvement in the war. (LHW)

Discusses the Eurocentric nature of the United States social reality, and investigates psychological and mental health implications for the African-American community. Outlines the basic themes, emphases and criteria of Euro-American cosmology and describes how it can come to dominate the Afro-American's self-consciousness. Suggests ways to…

Examines attitudes toward Blacks in South Pacific countries and describes the author's own experiences with Australian Aborigines. Discusses adverse situations, low status, and racial discrimination experienced by Australian Aborigines, New Zealand Maori, and American Blacks as members of the Fourth World (minority groups living in developed…

Recounts personal experiences of the author and other professors of African Descent on White campuses. Topics covered include the following: recruitment, life on the inside, untenured faculty of color, joint appointments, assignment of graduate assistants, classroom experiences, responses to White racism, and life away from work. (EVL)

This paper describes the behavior patterns adopted by enslaved Black women to protect themselves and their children and to undermine the economic and sexual oppression to which they were subjected. Sexual abstinence, abortion, and infanticide are the major phenomena documented and discussed. (EB)