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"In 1965, the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan--then a high-ranking official in the Department of Labor--sparked a firestorm when he released his report "The Negro Family," which came to be regarded by both supporters and detractors as an indictment of African American culture. Blaming the Poor examines the regrettably durable impact of the Moynihan Report for race relations and social policy in America, challenging the humiliating image the report cast on poor black families and its misleading explanation of the causes of poverty. A leading authority on poverty and racism in the United States, Susan D. Greenbaum dismantles Moynihan's main thesis--that the so called matriarchal structure of the African American family "feminized" black men, making them inadequate workers and absent fathers, and resulting in what he called a tangle of pathology that led to a host of ills, from teen pregnancy to adult crime. Drawing on extensive scholarship, Greenbaum highlights the flaws in Moynihan's analysis. She reveals how his questionable ideas have been used to redirect blame for substandard schools, low wages, and the scarcity of jobs away from the societal forces that cause these problems, while simultaneously reinforcing stereotypes about African Americans. Greenbaum also critiques current policy issues that are directly affected by the tangle of pathology mindset--the demonization and destruction of public housing; the criminalization of black youth; and the continued humiliation of the poor by entrepreneurs who become rich consulting to teachers, non-profits, and social service personnel. A half century later, Moynihan's thesis remains for many a convenient justification for punitive measures and stingy indifference to the poor. Blaming the Poor debunks this infamous thesis, proposing instead more productive and humane policies to address the enormous problems facing us today."--

"A leading authority on poverty and racism in the United States, Susan D. Greenbaum dismantles Moynihan's main thesis--that the so called matriarchal structure of the African American family "feminized" black men, making them inadequate workers and absent fathers, and resulting in what he called a tangle of pathology that led to a host of ills, from teen pregnancy to adult crime. Drawing on extensive scholarship, Greenbaum highlights the flaws in Moynihan's analysis. She reveals how his questionable ideas have been used to redirect blame for substandard schools, low wages, and the scarcity of jobs away from the societal forces that cause these problems, while simultaneously reinforcing stereotypes about African Americans. Greenbaum also critiques current policy issues that are directly affected by the tangle of pathology mindset--the demonization and destruction of public housing; the criminalization of black youth; and the continued humiliation of the poor by entrepreneurs who become rich consulting to teachers, non-profits, and social service personnel. A half century later, Moynihan's thesis remains for many a convenient justification for punitive measures and stingy indifference to the poor. Blaming the Poor debunks this infamous thesis, proposing instead more productive and humane policies to address the enormous problems facing us today"--

This study examined variations in levels of exterior maintenance and adornment among the residents of a predominantly Slavic-American, inner-city neighborhood. Specific questions were: Is ethnic identity expressed in the exterior personalization of individual households? Are higher levels of personalization associated with higher levels of neighborhood-based social interaction? Results indicated that Slavic-Americans personalized more than their non-Slavic counterparts (p <.0001), and that homeowners exhibited more personalization than renters (p <.0001). Higher sociability scores were significantly associated with both Slavic-Americans (p < .0001) and long-term residents (p <.005). These results suggest that exterior personalization in neighborhoods may provide an ecological mechanism indicative of group membership and domain.

Introduction -- Epistemology -- Section One: Social justice organizing -- The activist class cultures project -- Fighting anti-homeless laws -- Organizers and academics together -- Section Two: Worker rights activism -- Shaping organizing strategy and public policy -- Worker-led research makes the case -- Power sharing through participatory action research in a Latino forest worker community -- Making justice visible -- Milking research for social change -- Building a better Texas -- Section Three: Language and culture -- Mobilizing and organizing Nimiipuu to protect the environment -- Building future language leaders -- Afterword: linking research to social action.

The Afro-Latin@ Reader -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Editorial Note -- Introduction -- I. Historical Background before 1900 -- Introduction -- The Earliest Africans in North America -- Black Pioneers: The Spanish-Speaking Afro-Americans of the Southwest -- Slave and Free Women of Color in the Spanish Ports of New Orleans, Mobile, and Pensacola -- Afro-Cubans in Tampa -- Excerpt from Pulling the Muse from the Drum -- II. Arturo Alfonso Schomburg -- Introduction -- Excerpt from "Racial Integrity: A Plea for the Establishment of a Chair of Negro History in Our Schools and Colleges," -- The World of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg -- Invoking Arturo Schomburg's Legacy in Philadelphia -- III. Afro-Latin@s on the Color Line -- Introduction -- Black Cuban, Black American -- A Puerto Rican in New York and Other Sketches -- Melba Alvarado, El Club Cubano Inter-Americano, and the Creation of Afro-Cubanidades in New York City -- An Uneven Playing Field: Afro-Latinos in Major League Baseball -- Changing Identities: An Afro-Latin@ Family Portrait -- ¡Eso era tremendo! An Afro-Cuban Musician Remembers -- IV. Roots of Salsa: Afro-Latin@ Popular Music -- Introduction -- From "Indianola" to "Ño Colá": The Strange Career of the Afro-Puerto Rican Musician -- Excerpt from cu/bop -- Bauzá–Gillespie–Latin/Jazz: Difference, Modernity, and the Black Caribbean -- Contesting that Damned Mambo: Arsenio Rodríguez and the People of El Barrio and the Bronx in the 1950s -- Boogaloo and Latin Soul -- Excerpt from the salsa of bethesda fountain -- V. Black Latin@ Sixties -- Introduction -- Hair Conking; Buy Black -- Carlos A. Cooks: Dominican Garveyite in Harlem, -- Down These Mean Streets -- African Things -- Black Notes and "You Do Something to Me," -- Before People Called Me a Spic, They Called Me a Nigger -- Excerpt from Jíbaro, My Pretty Nigger -- The Yoruba Orisha Tradition Comes to New York City -- Reflections and Lived Experiences of Afro-Latin@ Religiosity -- Discovering Myself: Un Testimonio -- Excerpt from Dominicanish -- VI. Afro-Latinas -- Introduction -- The Black Puerto Rican Woman in Contemporary American Society -- Something Latino Was Up with Us -- Excerpt from Poem for My Grifa-Rican Sistah, or Broken Ends Broken Promises -- Latinegras: Desired Women—Undesirable Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, and Wives -- Letter to a Friend -- Uncovering Mirrors: Afro-Latina Lesbian Subjects -- The Black Bellybutton of a Bongo -- VII. Public Images and (Mis)Representations -- Introduction -- Notes on Eusebia Cosme and Juano Hernández -- Desde el Mero Medio: Race Discrimination within the Latin@ Community -- Displaying Identity: Dominicans in the Black Mosaic of Washington, D.C. -- Bringing the Soul: Afros, Black Empowerment, and Lucecita Benítez -- Can BET Make You Black? Remixing and Reshaping Latin@s on Black Entertainment Television -- The Afro-Latino Connection: Can this group be the bridge to a broadbased Black-Hispanic alliance? -- VIII. Afro-Latin@s in the Hip Hop Zone -- Introduction -- Ghettocentricity, Blackness, and Pan-Latinidad -- Chicano Rap Roots: Afro-Mexico and Black-Brown Cultural Exchange -- The Rise and Fall of Reggaeton: From Daddy Yankee to Tego Calderón and Beyond -- Do Plátanos Go wit' Collard Greens? -- Divas Don't Yield -- IX. Living Afro-Latinidades -- Introduction -- An Afro-Latina's Quest for Inclusion -- Retracing Migration: From Samaná to New York and Back Again -- Negotiating among Invisibilities: Tales of Afro-Latinidades in the United States -- We Are Black Too: Experiences of a Honduran Garifuna -- Profile of an Afro-Latina: Black, Mexican, Both -- Enrique Patterson: Black Cuban Intellectual in Cuban Miami -- Reflections about Race by a Negrito Acomplejao -- Divisible Blackness: Reflections on Heterogeneity and Racial Identity -- Nigger-Reecan Blues -- X. Afro-Latin@s: Present and Future Tenses -- Introduction -- How Race Counts for Hispanic Americans -- Bleach in the Rainbow: Latino Ethnicity and Preference for Whiteness -- Brown Like Me? -- Against the Myth of Racial Harmony in Puerto Rico -- Mexican Ways, African Roots -- Afro-Latin@s and the Latin@ Workplace -- Racial Politics in Multiethnic America: Black and Latin@ Identities and Coalitions -- Afro-Latinism in United States Society: A Commentary -- Sources and Permissions -- Contributors -- Index