An Ethnographic Life Narrative Strategy for Studying Race, Identity, and Acts of Political Significance: Black Racial Identity Theory and the Rastafari of Jamaica

2018 ◽  
pp. 237-263
Author(s):  
Charles Price
Keyword(s):  
Racial Identity ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Life Narrative ◽  
Narrative Strategy ◽  
Black Racial Identity ◽  
Race Identity

Meta-Ethnography

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Price ◽  
Orisanmi Burton
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Qualitative Studies ◽  
Psychology Education ◽  
Black Racial Identity ◽  
Specific Analysis ◽  
Context Specific

The authors use meta-ethnography to learn how dissertation researchers have used Black racial identity theory (BRIT) to qualitatively study race and Black racial identity. BRIT has gained increasing currency since the early formulations of the 1970s—nigrescence theory in particular—but mainly in branches of psychology, education, and organizational change. As BRIT has developed, however, researchers have emphasized quantitative analysis of Black racial identity. The authors examine 13 dissertations to meta-ethnographically explore how researchers conduct qualitative studies of Black racial identity that engage BRIT and to determine what researchers learned as a result. An important value of the qualitative approach is how it allows experience-near and context-specific analysis of Black racial identity to address how racial identity intersects with other identifications.

RACE KNOWLEDGE

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 273-293
Author(s):  
Michelle D. Byng
Keyword(s):  
Racial Identity ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
Muslim Americans ◽  
Racial Hierarchy ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Social Legitimacy ◽  
Black Racial Identity ◽  
Race Identity

AbstractThis analysis addresses race knowledge or the connection between race identity and the ability to designate what is socially legitimate. It problematizes race inequality in light of neoliberal, post-Civil Rights racial reforms. Using qualitative data from interviews with second-generation Muslim Americans, the analysis maps their understanding of the racialized social legitimacy of Brown, Black, and White identities. Findings address how racial hierarchy is organized by racial neoliberalism and the persistence of White supremacy. They show that White racial dominance continues in spite of claims of post-racialism. Moreover, second-generation Muslim Americans position their Brown and Black racial identity as subordinate to White racial identity, but Brown and Black races are different rather than hierarchically positioned in reference to one another. The respondents bring neoliberal globalism as well as U.S. racial dynamics to bear on their understandings of racial hierarchy and racialized social legitimacy.

Considering Some Methodological Issues in Racial Identity Counseling Research

1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet E. Helms
Keyword(s):  
Racial Identity ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Counseling Psychology ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Black Racial Identity ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Racial Ethnic

In this article, it is argued that Nigrescence or Black racial identity theory often interacts with counseling psychology research designs in ways that may lead readers to underestimate the worth of such research as well as misunderstand its meaning. Particular methodological dilemmas resulting from the interactions among theoretical formulations, environmental influences, and research participants' racial identity characteristics are addressed. Possible strategies for addressing these issues as well as those shared with other types of visible racial/ethnic group (VREG) research are offered.

Psychometric Properties of Scores on Three Black Racial Identity Scales

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Crystal M. Simmons ◽  
Frank C. Worrell ◽  
Jane M. Berry
Keyword(s):  
Racial Identity ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Black Racial Identity

Examining the Relationship Between Black Racial Identity Clusters and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms

2021 ◽  
pp. 107839032110026
Author(s):  
Kortney Floyd James ◽  
Dawn M. Aycock ◽  
Jennifer L. Barkin ◽  
Kimberly A. Hires
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Black Mothers ◽  
Postpartum Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Black Racial Identity ◽  
Postpartum Mothers ◽  
The Relationship

Background: This study examined the relationship between racial identity clusters and postpartum depressive symptoms (PPDS) in Black postpartum mothers living in Georgia. Aims: A cross-sectional study design using Cross’s nigrescence theory as a framework was used to explore the relationship between Black racial identity and PPDS. Method: Black mothers were administered online questionnaires via Qualtrics. A total sample of 116 self-identified Black mothers were enrolled in the study. Participants ranged in age from 18 to 41 years ( M = 29.5 ± 5.3) and their infants were 1 to 12 months old ( M = 5.6 ± 3.5). The majority of mothers were married or cohabitating with their partner (71%), had a college degree (53%), and worked full-time (57%). Results: Hierarchical cluster analysis identified six racial identity clusters within the sample: Assimilated and Miseducated, Self-Hating, Anti-White, Multiculturalist, Low Race Salience, and Conflicted. A Kruskal-Wallis H test determined there was no difference in PPDS scores between racial identity clusters. Conclusion: This study is the first to explore the relationship between Black racial identity clusters of postpartum mothers and their mental health. Findings emphasize the complexity of Black racial identity and suggest that the current assessment tools may not adequately detect PPDS in Black mothers. The implications for these findings in nursing practice and future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Black entrepreneurship and ethnic beauty salons: possibilities forresistance in the social (re)construction of black identity

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (87) ◽  
pp. 589-609
Author(s):  
Ana Flávia Rezende ◽  
Flávia Luciana Naves Mafra ◽  
Jussara Jéssica Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Racial Identity ◽  
Black Men ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Phenotypic Traits ◽  
Black Racial Identity ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face ◽  
Black Entrepreneurship ◽  
Racial Ethnic

ABSTRACT This paper addresses the case of five lack entrepreneurs who own businesses a public that for years has denied a esthetic and phenotypic traits. These spaces, branded as ‘ethnic salons’, aim to take care of the curly and / or Afrohair of Black men and women.In the face of this context, we ask: how canBlack entrepreneurs and enterprisesconfront colonialmentality in social relations, by creating businesses aimed at giving value to, and appreciatingthe identity of Black men and women? The field research was conducted via observations and interviews,collecting narratives from both. The narratives went through a process of synthesis and analysisprocesses that allowed us to flag the motivesbehind these enterprises, as well as the racial/ethnic acceptance present in these spaces. Thus, the main contribution of this paper is to discuss ‘hairtype’ as a constitutive element of Black racial identity, and the opportunity for more autonomywhen entering the labor market.

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