The Past Is Prologue: African American Opinion toward Undocumented Immigration

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 389-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatishe M. Nteta
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Undocumented Immigration ◽  
Economic Competition ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Immigrants ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Using Data

Using data from the 2011 Multi-State Survey on Race and Politics (Parker 2011), I ask if African American1opinion toward undocumented immigration mirrors African American opinion toward immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. I find evidence that contemporary African American opinion does reflect the manner in which a previous generation of African Americans reacted to immigrant newcomers. More specifically, I find that factors associated with past reactions to new immigration, most notably political and economic competition, egalitarianism, the belief that new immigrants are distancing themselves from African Americans, and the belief that restrictive immigration policies were fueled by racism, continue to predict contemporary African American opinion on undocumented immigration. Taken together, I take my findings as evidence that the past may be prologue in accounting for black opinion toward the newest wave of immigration.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurit Yaari
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
The Political ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Jewish Culture ◽  
The Past ◽  
Future State ◽  
History Of ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
State Of Israel

This chapter examines the lack of continuous tradition of the art of the theatre in the history of Jewish culture. Theatre as art and institution was forbidden for Jews during most of their history, and although there were plays written in different times and places during the past centuries, no tradition of theatre evolved in Jewish culture until the middle of the nineteenth century. In view of this absence, the author discusses the genesis of Jewish theatre in Eastern Europe and in Eretz-Yisrael (The Land of Israel) since the late nineteenth century, encouraged by the Jewish Enlightenment movement, the emergence of Jewish nationalism, and the rebirth of Hebrew as a language of everyday life. Finally, the chapter traces the development of parallel strands of theatre that preceded the Israeli theatre and shadowed the emergence of the political infrastructure of the future State of Israel.

scholarly journals How 'Afro-Americanophilia' became Polyphilia: Joachim-Ernst Berendt’s Journey from Jazz to “Weltmusik”

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Wright Hurley
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
National Socialism ◽  
World Music ◽  
West Germany ◽  
National Socialist ◽  
African American Culture ◽  
The Past ◽  
Stuart Hall ◽  
1960S And 1970S

This article contributes to our understanding of the continuities and disconnects in the way that ‘race,’ and in particular African-American culture, were conceived of in the long postwar era in West Germany. It does so by examining some salient racial aspects in the writings and production activities of West-German ‘jazz pope,’ Joachim-Ernst Berendt, between the late 1940s and the mid-1980s. I demonstrate that the late 1960s brought about a sharpening in talk concerning the racial ‘ownership’ of jazz, and that in these circumstances, Berendt proceeded beyond his earlier, liberal elaborations about jazz, race, and African-Americans to advance an inclusive, ecumenical model of ‘Weltmusik’ (world music). Germany’s National Socialist history figured in important ways in his conception of both jazz and then Weltmusik. Whilst he initially saw jazz as an antidote to National Socialism, by the late 1960s and 1970s, he regarded certain traits of jazz discourse to be, themselves, proto-fascist.  Far from being a boon, Afro-Americanophilia—or at least one strain of it—now became something from which to distance oneself. What was important for Berendt, as for others of his generation, was distance from the past, as much as seeking out racial Others in Germany, engaging with them on their own terms, and yielding to a new racial ‘relationships of representation’ (Stuart Hall). 

scholarly journals Factors associated with enrollment of African Americans into a clinical trial: Results from the African American study of kidney disease and hypertension

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 837-842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Crystal A. Gadegbeku ◽  
Phyllis Kreger Stillman ◽  
Mark D. Huffman ◽  
James S. Jackson ◽  
John W. Kusek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
African American Study ◽  
American Study ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Clinical Trial Results

Lessons from the Past: Developing Allegiances for the Future

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Linda S. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
African American ◽  
Social Work ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Progressive Era ◽  
Shared Resources ◽  
Settlement House ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
African American Leaders

This article analyzes linkages among the 60 Settlement House workers and other white and African-American leaders of the Progressive Era who signed “The Call,” a media statement calling for aid for African Americans in 1908 that eventually led to development of the NAACP. The analysis demonstrates the value of linkage and shared resources for success of social movements during the Progressive Era. This article applies the discussion to issues facing social work today.

“The Salvation of the Negro”

2020 ◽  
pp. 115-148
Author(s):  
Andre E. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Third Way ◽  
Bearing Witness ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Rhetorical Discourse

This chapter examines the arguments that Turner makes in favor of emigration. In promoting emigration as an option for African American well-being, Turner offered a third way in African American rhetorical discourse in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was through Turner’s prophetic pessimism and bearing witness to the ills faced by many African Americans during this time that gave many African Americans a sense of pride and the necessary courage to face whatever came their way. Though he knew he was fighting a losing cause, it is out of these arguments that Turner helps to lay the foundation of the Black Radical tradition.

scholarly journals The Nickel: A History of African-Descended People in Houston’s Fifth Ward

Genealogy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Denise Frazier
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Research Review ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Port City ◽  
East Texas ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
Over Time

This paper will chronicle the unique stories that have come to exemplify the larger experience of Fifth Ward as a historically African American district in a rapidly changing city, Houston. Fifth Ward is a district submerged in the Southern memory of a sprawling port city. Its 19th century inception comprised of residents from Eastern Europe, Russia, and other religious groups who were fleeing persecution. Another way to describe Fifth Ward is much closer to the Fifth Ward that I knew as a child—an African American Fifth Ward and, more personally, my grandparents’ neighborhood. The growing prosperity of an early 20th century oil-booming Houston had soon turned the neighborhood into an economic haven, attracting African Americans from rural Louisiana and east Texas. Within the past two decades, Latino communities have populated the area, transforming the previously majority African American ward. Through a qualitative familial research review of historic documents, this paper contains a cultural and economic analysis that will illustrate the unique legacies and challenges of its past and present residents. I will center my personal genealogical roots to connect with larger patterns of change over time for African Americans in this distinct cultural ward.

scholarly journals Rebirth of a Nation: Frederick Douglass as Postwar Founder in Life and Times

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDWARD TANG
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Frederick Douglass ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Vital Importance ◽  
The Past ◽  
Colored People ◽  
White Resistance ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Centennial Celebrations

In 1875, a year from the upcoming centennial celebrations, Frederick Douglass commemorated the African American presence in the nation's revolutionary past and Reconstruction present. “If … any man should ask me what colored people have to do with the Fourth of July, my answer is ready,” he proclaimed to a black audience in Washington, DC. “Colored people have had something to do with almost everything of vital importance in the life and progress of this great country” from its beginnings in 1776 to its greatest test in 1861 and beyond. Douglass drew upon the Revolution's legacies of liberty and democracy, urging his listeners to meet the challenge of incorporating themselves into the nation's citizenry despite sustained white resistance. Albeit a tall order, he placed this agenda in a broader perspective: “The fathers of this Republic … had their trial ninety-nine years ago. The colored citizens of this Republic are about to have their trial now.” The moment was full of possibilities: African Americans, he emphasized, faced comparable obstacles and hardships much like the founders themselves. Implied too within Douglass's invocation of the revolutionaries was the potential heroism and accomplishments of which African Americans were similarly capable, just as they had proven in the past.

scholarly journals Older Latinx and African Americans’ Experiences of Civic Participation

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 727-728
Author(s):  
Laurent Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
Photo Elicitation ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract By 2030 Latinx and African Americans are expected to be the largest non-White groups of older adults. In the past 20 years, older adults’ civic participation has received considerable attention. However, until now most scholarship has focused on formal volunteerism and voting, activities that remain inaccessible to many marginalized groups. As a consequence, other civic activities are going unrecognized. The aim of this study is to understand how civic participation is experienced throughout the lives of 24 African American and Latinx adults 60+ living in New Jersey. Because civic participation is a concept that has many names and meanings depending on culture, language, and history I employ photo-elicitation techniques followed by in-depth interviews to understand civic participation through participants’ lens. Findings from this study can serve to improve conceptualizations and measurements of civic participation for future studies and inform efforts to strengthen civic participation among these populations. Part of a symposium sponsored by the Qualitative Research Interest Group.

scholarly journals Analysis of trends in race and gender disparities in incidence-based mortality in patients diagnosed with soft tissue sarcomas from 2000 to 2016.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e23549-e23549
Author(s):  
Lakshmi Priyanka Pappoppula ◽  
Germame Hailegiorgis Ajebo ◽  
Justin Yeh ◽  
Picon Hector ◽  
Allan N. Krutchik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Soft Tissue Sarcomas ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
High Grade ◽  
The Past ◽  
Significant Change ◽  
And Gender

e23549 Background: The clinical course of soft tissue sarcomas is often dependent on the grade of the tumor. The incidence of soft tissue sarcomas have been known to be higher in males compared to females and more in African Americans compared to Caucasians (1995 to 2008 SEER data). The variability of incidence-based mortality in low grade and high grade soft tissue sarcomas with respect to gender and race over the past decade has not been well studied. This study analyzes the rates of incidence-based mortality from the years 2000 to 2016 amongst for both the grades, genders and racial groups. Methods: The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Database was queried to conduct a nation-wide analysis for the years 2000 to 2016. Incidence-based mortality for all stages of low grade and high grade soft tissue sarcomas was queried and the results were grouped by race (Caucasian/White vs African American/Black) and gender. All stages and ages were included in the analysis and trend from 2000 to 2016 was analyzed. Results: Incidence-based mortality rates (per 10000) for low grade and high grade soft tissue sarcomas for both races and genders are shown in the table below. The incidence-based mortality rates for Caucasians are similar to African American in both grades and genders. Rates were not analyzed for American Indian and Asian/Pacific Islanders due to small sample size. Mortality rates of high grade soft tissue sarcomas were significantly higher compared to low grade tumors. A higher rate of mortality is noted in Caucasian males compared to African Americans males despite past observations of higher incidence in African Americans. There was no significant change in the rate when trended over the past decade (2007 to 2016). Conclusions: This study highlights the higher rate of incidence-based mortality in Caucasian males compared to African American males in the past 15 years despite a lower incidence reported in the 1995 to 2008 period. With no significant change in mortality rates/year noted during this time period, this study implies that soft tissue sarcomas in Caucasian males have worse outcomes. Further research is needed to understand the mechanism underlying this disparity. [Table: see text]

Targeting African American Nonsmokers to Motivate Smokers to Quit: A Qualitative Inquiry

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 680-693
Author(s):  
Janet L. Thomas ◽  
Robyn M. Scherber ◽  
Diana W. Stewart ◽  
Ian M. Lynam ◽  
Christine M. Daley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Health Burden ◽  
Cessation Treatment ◽  
Quit Attempts

African Americans bear a disproportionate health burden from smoking but are less likely than other populations to engage in cessation treatment. Intervening on adult nonsmokers residing with a smoker might represent an innovative approach to motivate smokers to engage in smoking behavior change. Twelve focus groups were conducted with African American smokers (four groups, n = 27), nonsmokers (four groups, n = 26) and pairs of cohabitating smokers and nonsmokers (four groups, n = 22) to assess attitudes and/or beliefs regarding engaging a nonsmoker in the home in smoking behavior change efforts. Participants ( N = 75) were middle-aged (45.1 ±3.7 years) females (68.0%) with 11.8 ±1.5 years of education. Smokers smoked 14.9 ±11.3 cigarettes per day, made 3.0 ±4.4 quit attempts in the past year, and are interested in receiving cessation assistance from a nonsmoker in their home. African American nonsmokers living with a smoker may be an appropriate target group to motivate smoking behavior change in the smoker. Suggestions for future research considerations are provided.

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