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African American political scientists speak out about their discipline, academic issues and racism in the profession.

This book examines racial and ethnic coalition building in local elections and considers Black and Latino political incorporation more broadly. Although many argue that Black and Latino voters have much to gain from alliances that advance shared interests, coalitions between the two groups have not always formed easily or been stable over time. Recent mayoral elections across the country show different patterns of out-group candidate support. This book seeks to explain these variations and the specific conditions under which Blacks and Latinos vote for the same candidate. Drawing on large-n observational data, survey experiments, and qualitative case studies, Benjamin develops a theory of co-ethnic endorsements, which points to the significance of elite cues from Black and Latino leaders. The book demonstrates that voters use elite co-ethnic endorsements to help inform their votes, that they do so particularly when race is salient in an election, and that this has real implications for representation and access to political benefits

"Thoroughly researched and well-informed, this extraordinarily rich and well-written study reveals hitherto neglected aspects of Black American life and thought."-Wilson J. Moses, author of Alexander Crummell: A Study of Civilization and Discontent "A terrific book that fills an important gap in political theory and offers fresh interpretations of such figures as Douglass, Du Bois, and Locke."-Lawrie Balfour, author of Evidence of Things Not Said: James Baldwin and the Promise of American Democracy "An arresting, insightful, and compelling look at environmental thought through the eyes of African Americans."-Carolyn Merchant, author of The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History.

Historically, Black Americans have easily found common ground on political, social, and economic goals. Yet, there are signs of increasing variety of opinion among Blacks in the United States, due in large part to the influx of Afro-Latino, Afro-Caribbean, and African immigrants to the United States. In fact, the very definition of "African American" as well as who can self-identity as Black is becoming more ambiguous. Should we expect African Americans' shared sense of group identity and high sense of group consciousness to endure as ethnic diversity among the population increases? In Black Mosaic, Candis Watts Smith addresses the effects of this dynamic demographic change on Black identity and Black politics.Smith explores the numerous ways in which the expanding and rapidly changing demographics of Black communities in the United States call into question the very foundations of political identity that has united African Americans for generations. African Americans' political attitudes and behaviors have evolved due to their historical experiences with American Politics and American racism. Will Black newcomers recognize the inconsistencies between the American creed and American reality in the same way as those who have been in the U.S. for several generations? If so, how might this recognition influence Black immigrants' political attitudes and behaviors? Will race be a site of coalition between Black immigrants and African Americans? In addition to face-to-face interviews with African Americans and Black immigrants, Smith employs nationally representative survey data to examine these shifts in the attitudes of Black Americans. Filling a significant gap in the political science literature to date, Black Mosaic is a groundbreaking study about the state of race, identity, and politics in an ever-changing America

In the face of its 2012 defeat and looming demographic trends that did not bode well for the party's future presidential candidates, the Republican National Committee officially declared its intention to recruit more African American candidates for office. But will fielding more African American candidates likely attract more African American votes for Republicans? Here, I employ a field experiment using real candidates and real votes cast in two down-ballot races featuring African American Republican candidates. Among voters who received mailings highlighting both race and party, African American voters responded primarily to party, in the process largely rejecting these two candidates. By contrast, African American voters responded more favorably when they learned the race, but not the party, of these candidates. The results here suggest something of a self-affirming political preference order in which African Americans felt affirmed by voting for a fellow African American, but only when they did not see that candidate as conflicting with a more central aspect of their political identity.

This single-volume comprehensive compilation of documents integrates institutional labour history (movements and trade unions) with aspects of social and cultural history, as well as charting changes in trade union and managerial practices, and integrating the economics and politics of labour history. It includes documents that treat household relations as well as industrial relations; women as domestic workers and unpaid household labour as well as factory workers; and African American, Hispanic American (especially Mexican and Mexican American), and Asian workers as well as white workers. American Labor offers readers an insight into the full spectrum historically of workers, their daily lives, and the movements that they created

Introduction : Black flight / Candis Watts Smith -- 1. African American, Black ethnic, and Dominican political relations in contemporary New York City / Sharon D. Wright Austin -- 2. Black immigration and ethnic respectability : a tale of two cities, New York and Los Angeles / Cory Charles Gooding -- 3. A sanctuary for whom? Race, immigration, and the Black public sphere / Niambi M. Carter -- 4. The three dimensions of political incorporation : Black politics in a majority-minority city / Andrea Benjamin -- 5. The needles in the haystack : assessing the effects of time, place, and class on Blacks in majority-white suburbs / Ernest B. McGowen III -- 6. Black come-outers and the counterpublic : how suburbanization is diversifying Black attitudes / Reuel R. Rogers -- 7. Moving up, out, and across the country : regional differences in the causes of neighborhood change and its effect on African Americans / Jessica Lynn Stewart -- 8. People were not as friendly as I had hoped : Black residential experiences in two multiracial neighborhoods / Sarah Mayorga-Gallo -- Conclusion : Where do we go from here? / Christina M. Greer.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Deracializing or Racializing Campaigns -- 2. The DuBois-Washington Debates in Congressional Politics since 1928 -- 3. Retaining White Power with Black Mayors -- 4. Defying All Odds: African Americans Winning Statewide Elections -- 5. The Political Pinnacle: Barack Obama's Presidential Victory -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Black on black history -- 2. Diasporic consciousness: theorizing black pan-ethnic identity and intraracial politics -- 3. From group membership to group identification -- 4. Broadening black identity: evidence in national data -- 5. Politicizing identities: linking identity to politics -- 6. Perspectives on intraracial coalition and conflict -- Conclusion. My president is black? -- Appendix A. Presentation of survey items and variable measures -- Appendix B. Interview respondent characteristics -- Appendix C. Semistructured interview guide -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author

In this collection, leading scholars focus on the contemporary meanings and diverse experiences of blackness in specific countries of the hemisphere, including the United States. The anthology introduces new perspectives on comparative forms of racialization in the Americas and presents its implications both for Latin American societies, and for Latinos' relations with African Americans in the U.S.