Acting Black: College, Identity, and the Performance of RaceSarah Willie asks: What's it like to be black on campus. For most Black students, attending predominantly white universities, it is a struggle. Do you try to blend in? Do you take a stand? Do you end up acting as the token representative for your whole race? And what about those students who attend predominantly black universities? How do their experiences differ? |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Blacks in College Past and Present | 11 |
One Black in College Quaker Friends and Baptist Sisters | 31 |
Methodist Northwestern and Congregationalist Howard Briefly Introduced | 41 |
The Ivory Tower Life at Northwestern | 45 |
The Ebony Tower Life at Howard | 81 |
Coda Everybody Used to Be Radical | 111 |
Race | 121 |
Blackness | 131 |
Implications | 157 |
Method and Sample | 165 |
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Notes | 191 |
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Acting Black: College, Identity and the Performance of Race Sarah Susannah Willie Limited preview - 2003 |
Acting Black: College, Identity and the Performance of Race Sarah Susannah Willie Limited preview - 2003 |
Acting Black: College, Identity and the Performance of Race Sarah Susannah Willie No preview available - 2003 |