“WE’RE JUST SEPARATE FROM EVERYBODY”

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Aaron Leo
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
African Americans ◽  
The United States ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
Upstate New York ◽  
Muslim Immigrants ◽  
Static View ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Significant Class

Abstract Recent scholarly work has explored the experiences of racialization among Muslim immigrants in the United States. Such work has challenged a static view of race strictly tied to phenotype by highlighting the significance of culture and religion to racial ascription as well as the varied ways individuals respond to their own racialized position. While valuable, much of this scholarship has analyzed the racialization of Muslim immigrants as it relates to Whiteness thereby neglecting their relationship with other racialized minorities such as African Americans. Moreover, such work has focused on culture and religion without discussing the role that social class plays in the process of racialization. This article seeks to address these gaps by drawing on ethnographic data gathered among a group of Muslim newcomer youth in an urban, multiracial high school in upstate New York. The findings presented here show how these youth are racialized along cultural and religious lines yet actively respond to this process in various ways. In addition, participants articulated racializing comments towards African Americans with significant class connotations. Despite the tensions between Muslim newcomers and African Americans, moments of solidarity were evident and drew attention to the potential for establishing cross-racial alliances.

Africa in the Shuffle

1995 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-23
Author(s):  
Immanuel Wallerstein
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The United States ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
The U.S

Once upon a time, not so very long ago, the study of Africa in the United States was a very rare and obscure practice, engaged in almost exclusively by African-American (then called Negro) intellectuals. They published scholarly articles primarily in quite specialized journals, notably Phylon, and their books were never reviewed in the New York Times. As a matter of fact, at this time (that is, before 1945) there weren't even very many books written about African-Americans in the U.S., although the library acquisitions were not quite as rare as those for books about Africa.

scholarly journals Forestland Parcelization in Upstate New York Despite Economic Stagnation and a Declining Population

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 280-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
René H. Germain ◽  
Kevin Brazill ◽  
Stephen V. Stehman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
New York State ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
The United States ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Upstate New York ◽  
Central New York ◽  
Parcel Size

Abstract Nonindustrial private forestlands (NIPFs) account for a majority of the forested working landscape in the eastern United States. Throughout the United States, NIPF average ownership sizes continue to decline. Smaller parcel sizes create declining economies of scale for forest managersand timber harvesters, threatening the viability of the forested working landscape and, in turn, wood supply. This study documents the parcelization of NIPF holdings in a central New York State county during the last 25 years of the 20th century. The findings indicate the average parcel sizeof NIPFs decreased from 36 to 24 ac over the study period, despite a decline in population in the county. Although average parcel size is declining, a large percentage of the rural forestland remains in acreage classes suitable for forest management, as long as the forest products industrycan adapt to changes on the landscape. North. J. Appl. For. 23(4):280–287.

Lost and Found in Upstate New York: Exploring the Motivations of “Lost Boys” Refugees as Founders of International Nonprofit Organizations

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (8) ◽  
pp. 1209-1238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Appe ◽  
Ayelet Oreg
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
South Sudan ◽  
The United States ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
International Service ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Upstate New York ◽  
Lost Boys

This research examines engagement in diaspora philanthropy through the lens of Lost Boys of Sudan and their founding of small international nonprofit service organizations based in the United States. We seek to understand refugees’ motivations to take upon themselves leadership roles in their local United States communities and in the provision of goods and services to their homeland, South Sudan. By becoming founders of international service nonprofits, Lost Boys make meaning of their experiences and are able to motivate local support in their United States communities to give to distant communities in South Sudan.

scholarly journals Freedom’s Journal

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Emma Stave
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
New York ◽  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
The United States ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Free Blacks ◽  
Freedom's Journal ◽  
Journalistic Field

This article examines the first newspaper operated, published, and distributed by free blacks in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century, Freedom’s Journal.  Despite being active for merely two years, the New York-based periodical managed to unite African Americans across different states by becoming their mouthpiece. The first part of the article examines well-established historical facts including information about the editors, the readership, and the methods of distribution. The second part examines changes brought to the journalistic field by African Americans, while part three analyzes excerpts from a debate between proponents of the colonization movement, and their African American opponents. The final part discusses why the periodical ceased publishing, the importance of the method of distribution, and how the paper may have impacted subsequent black rights movements. Finally, an assessment is given as to how periodicals like Freedom’s Journal may influence the present and the future.

I. Speaking Out about Race: “The United States of Lyncherdom” Clemens Really Wrote

Prospects ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 115-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Terry Oggel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
The United States ◽  
The South ◽  
Upstate New York ◽  
Speaking Out ◽  
Dwelling House ◽  
The Family ◽  
Saranac Lake

On June 21, 1901, Samuel and Olivia Clemens and their daughter Jean ensconced themselves for the summer at Kane Camp, a “little bijou of a dwelling-house,” Clemens called it, on the south end of Ampersand Bay on Lower Saranac Lake in upstate New York. The family nicknamed the cottage The Lair. “Everyone knows what a lair is,” Clemens said; “lairs do generally contain dangerous animals, but I bring tame ones to this one.” As we shall see, danger did lurk in The Lair that summer, in the thought and writing of Clemens himself.

The Jacobs Siblings’ Black Hemispheric Geographies

2020 ◽  
pp. 136-171
Author(s):  
Maria A. Windell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
The United States ◽  
The North ◽  
East West

The fourth chapter highlights the hemispheric imaginaries and sentimental skepticism of Harriet A. Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1862) and John S. Jacobs’s speeches and writings. The siblings challenge the North–South mapping of US slavery, instead embedding it in an East–West, antiracist, anti-imperial mapping that makes explicit the transamerican pressures shaping the dispossession of African Americans, Native Americans, and Mexicans. Their writings move not only along familiar abolitionist routes from South to North and the United States to Britain but also from North Carolina and New York to Florida, Haiti, Jamaica, California, and Mexico. As the foreclosure of Harriet’s journey to California at the end of Incidents suggests, however, transamerican sentimentalism here struggles to sustain even localized moments of connection. The Jacobs siblings’ writings highlight the challenges that complicate potential multiethnic, transnational alliances.

Positive Realism

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason P. Chambers
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
African Americans ◽  
The United States ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Advertising Industry ◽  
Madison Avenue ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Strategic Relationships

New York City’s Madison Avenue has long been considered the center of advertising in the United States. Yet for African Americans in the industry, Chicago is much more representative of their experiences in and contributions to advertising. This chapter examines the early professional and entrepreneurial life of Thomas J. Burrell, founder of Burrell Advertising. It analyzes the creation of his advertising technique known as “Positive Realism” in representing blacks’ in advertisements as well as his contributions to the development of the network of blacks Chicago’s business community. Additionally, this chapter focuses on the strategic relationships Burrell built within the advertising industry and with individuals who worked for clients like McDonald’s. These relationships enabled Burrell to build of the most successful agencies in advertising history.

Providing Access to Immigrant Workforce Services in a Tumultuous Environment: Partnerships and Practices

2020 ◽  
pp. 0160449X2090183
Author(s):  
Melinda Weisberg
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigrant Labor ◽  
Hudson Valley ◽  
Upstate New York ◽  
Practical Support ◽  
New Energy ◽  
Productive Role

The immigrant labor force in the United States has been under extreme pressure since the new administration took office in January 2017 and immediately began implementing policies designed to encourage deportation, negatively incent immigrants to return to their home countries, and dramatically reduce legal and unauthorized entry into the United States. This paper examines the efforts of organizations that support immigrants in their desire to gain and maintain a productive role in the U.S. workforce in the current tumultuous environment. Representatives on the front lines narrate their uphill battle to lift immigrant workers out of fear. Interviews and surveys with agencies in four counties located in the Mid-Hudson Valley region of upstate New York tell the story of an advocacy movement that has breathed new energy into the organizations and empowered workers. Key findings include the positive impact collaborations can have in providing practical support and advocating for policy change, as well as the importance of establishing trust between agencies and immigrants.

Self-Reported Experiences of Racial Discrimination Among African Americans in Upstate New York

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 481-500
Author(s):  
Amina P. Alio ◽  
Cindi A. Lewis ◽  
Heather Elder ◽  
Wade Norwood ◽  
Kingdom Mufhandu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
The United States ◽  
Upstate New York ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Health And Well Being

Racial discrimination in the United States continues to adversely affect health outcomes to the detriment of African Americans. To assess the experiences of residents of a metropolitan community with high rates of racial health disparities in upstate New York, we conducted a survey to measure the primary reasons for discrimination and their experiences with daily and lifetime discrimination, reactions to these experiences, and coping mechanisms. Of the 739 individuals who completed the survey in 2012, 71.5% self-reported as Black or African American. This article focuses on the experiences of Blacks or African Americans, among whom 76.2% reported having experienced racial discrimination at some point in their life. Respondents with higher levels of education and higher income were more likely to report experiencing racial discrimination at work, while for those with a high school education or less it was on the street or public spaces. The burden of these experiences affected individuals by making life more difficult and interfering with a productive life. In light of the known impact of racial discrimination on individual and population health and well-being, it is crucial that efforts to address social and health disparities take into account the high rates of experiences of racism.

Burleigh at the National Conservatory of Music

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean E. Snyder
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Music Education ◽  
York City ◽  
The United States ◽  
Music Students

This chapter focuses on Harry T. Burleigh's study at the National Conservatory of Music in New York City. It begins with a background on the National Conservatory of Music, founded by music philanthropist Jeannette Thurber. Her school became a magnet for talented music students from across the nation. Its faculty included some of the most renowned musicians in the United States and Europe, and it modeled principles for postsecondary music education that attracted Harry, particularly the openness to African Americans as well as women and handicapped students. The chapter also discusses the difficulty experienced by Burleigh before he won a four-year tuition scholarship for the Artist's Course at the National Conservatory of Music. Finally, it considers the influence of African American soprano Sissieretta Jones on Burleigh's early recital career.

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