Black-Brown

by Mindiola, Tatcho; Niemann, Yolanda Flores; Rodriguez, Nestor; Mindiola, Tacho, Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780292752689
• ISBN10: 0292752687
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr

Summary

"This is a very important book, in that it looks to the [racial] issues that are facing and will continue to face this nation over the next several years.... No book could be more timely in this regard." --Joe R. Feagin, author of Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations Race relations in twenty-first-century America will not be just a black-and-white issue. The 2000 census revealed that Hispanics already slightly outnumber African Americans as the largest ethnic group, while together Blacks and Hispanics constitute the majority population in the five largest U.S. cities. Given these facts, black-brown relations could be a more significant racial issue in the decades to come than relations between minority groups and Whites. Offering some of the first in-depth analyses of how African Americans and Hispanics perceive and interact with each other, this pathfinding study looks at black-brown relations in Houston, Texas, one of the largest U.S. cities with a majority ethnic population and one in which Hispanics outnumber African Americans. Drawing on the results of several sociological studies, the authors focus on four key issues: how each group forms and maintains stereotypes of the other, areas in which the two groups conflict and disagree, the crucial role of women in shaping their communities' racial attitudes, and areas in which Hispanics and African Americans agree and can cooperate to achieve greater political power and social justice.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	viii
Preface	xi
Emerging Relations between African Americans and Hispanics	1	(18)
Stereotypes and Their Implications for Intergroup Relations	19	(24)
Areas of Disagreement	43	(24)
Women's Perceptions of Black-Brown Relations: A Contextual Approach	67	(28)
Areas of Agreement	95	(16)
Prospects for Black-Brown Relations	111	(22)
References	133	(12)
Index	145