Black politics in transition: immigration, suburbanization, and gentrification

In: Race, ethnicity, and gender in politics and policy

Abstract

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.