Young, Gifted and Diverse - Origins of the New Black Elite

Zusatztext "This book has challenged us to take a more nuanced approach to diversity within the Black community and beyond." ---Rebecca C. Franklin, Ethnic and Racial Studies Informationen zum Autor Camille Z. Charles is the Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences and professor of sociology and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Rory Kramer is associate professor of sociology and criminology at Villanova University. Douglas S. Massey is the Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Kimberly C. Torres is an affiliated faculty member in organizational dynamics and the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Zusammenfassung An in-depth look at the rising American generation entering the Black professional class Despite their diversity, Black Americans have long been studied as a uniformly disadvantaged group. Drawing from a representative sample of over a thousand Black students and in-depth interviews and focus groups with over one hundred more, Young, Gifted and Diverse highlights diversity among the new educated Black elite—those graduating from America’s selective colleges and universities in the early twenty-first century. Differences in childhood experiences shape this generation, including their racial and other social identities and attitudes, and beliefs about and interactions with one another. While those in the new Black elite come from myriad backgrounds and have varied views on American racism, as they progress through college and toward the Black professional class they develop a shared worldview and group consciousness. They graduate with optimism about their own futures, but remain guarded about racial equality more broadly. This internal diversity alongside political consensus among the elite complicates assumptions about both a monolithic Black experience and the future of Black political solidarity. ...

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• Authors: Camille Z. Charles, Camille Z. Massey Charles, Charles Camille Z., Rory Kramer, Douglas S. Massey, Massey Douglas S., Kimberly C. Torres
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.08.2022
• EAN: 9780691237381
• ISBN: 978-0-691-23738-1
• No. of pages: 472
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Economics, Knowledge Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Knowledge Capital, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Black & Asian Studies, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Relating to African American / Black American people, Knowledge / Information / Data economics