National Survey of Black Americans, 1979-1980

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. Jackson ◽  
Gerald Gurin
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
Black Americans

“TRUE TO OUR NATIVE LAND”: Distinguishing Attitudinal Support for Pan-Africanism from Black Separatism

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lester K. Spence ◽  
Todd C. Shaw ◽  
Robert A. Brown
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
Black Americans ◽  
Black Nationalism ◽  
Native Land ◽  
Critical Questions ◽  
Pan Africanism ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Analyze Data

There have been several recent attempts to operationalize and measure empirically attitudinal support for Black nationalism. However, scholars have not yet reached a consensus as to what precisely constitutes Black nationalism and its manifestations. Our work addresses three critical questions. First, is Black nationalism a uni-dimensional or a multi-dimensional construct? Second, is Black nationalism another form of xenophobia? Third, is support for Black nationalism a function of time? Some scholars note that Black nationalism takes on the character of its material context and that it cannot be easily subsumed into a trans-historical ideology (Reed 2002; Robinson 2001). We indirectly test these hypotheses by examining the relationship between two components of Black nationalism—Black separatism and Pan-Africanism. To test these hypotheses, we analyze data from the 1979–1980 National Survey of Black Americans (NSBA). Overall, we establish the determinants of support for Black separatism and Pan-Africanism while distinguishing these ideologies' similarities and differences.

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