TY - JOUR
T1 - Race and Recognition
T2 - Pathways to an Affirmative Black Identity
AU - Neville, Helen A.
AU - Viard, Brigitte
AU - Turner, Lou
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2014.
PY - 2015/6/3
Y1 - 2015/6/3
N2 - Building on the early work of Frantz Fanon, we explored the concept of recognition as an aspect of Black racial identity or the degree of being seen by others and ourselves as equal or morally worthy persons deserving respect. We collected 64 racial life narratives with self-identified Black adults in four contexts: Australia, Bermuda, South Africa, and the United States. We uncovered a core theme of Global Recognition or the desire to be seen as complex Black individuals with rich, diverse lives and innate value as human beings. Two main themes emerged that either promoted (i.e., Racial Recognition and Acceptance) or hindered this sense of Global Recognition (i.e., Lack of Racial Recognition and Acceptance). Each of these themes consisted of two subthemes. In addition, participants described four types of behaviors designed to achieve Global Recognition: Challenging Oppression, Competition, Self-Affirmation, and Racial Performance.
AB - Building on the early work of Frantz Fanon, we explored the concept of recognition as an aspect of Black racial identity or the degree of being seen by others and ourselves as equal or morally worthy persons deserving respect. We collected 64 racial life narratives with self-identified Black adults in four contexts: Australia, Bermuda, South Africa, and the United States. We uncovered a core theme of Global Recognition or the desire to be seen as complex Black individuals with rich, diverse lives and innate value as human beings. Two main themes emerged that either promoted (i.e., Racial Recognition and Acceptance) or hindered this sense of Global Recognition (i.e., Lack of Racial Recognition and Acceptance). Each of these themes consisted of two subthemes. In addition, participants described four types of behaviors designed to achieve Global Recognition: Challenging Oppression, Competition, Self-Affirmation, and Racial Performance.
KW - Black racial identity
KW - multinational
KW - recognition
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U2 - 10.1177/0095798414523290
DO - 10.1177/0095798414523290
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84930171869
SN - 0095-7984
VL - 41
SP - 247
EP - 271
JO - Journal of Black Psychology
JF - Journal of Black Psychology
IS - 3
ER -