Shades of Black: Diversity in African-American Identity - Hardcover

Cross, William E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0877227594 ISBN 13: 9780877227595

Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S., 1991

Synopsis

Presents the diversity that has always been the hallmark of Black psychology, exploding the myth that self-hatred is the dominant theme in Black identity

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Review:

"There is not a comparable book that pulls together all of the literature on race attitudes as Cross has done. This is an excellent book; it should be widely read."
—Harriette McAdoo, Howard University

"In his book, Mr. Cross presents the results of his close re-reading of the original data from the literature on black identity from 1939 to 1967. Almost without exception, he says, the scholars involved committed two significant errors: They drew conclusions about adult identity from the results of research among preschool-aged children. In addition, they used measures that assessed social attitudes—views about racial identity—but interpreted their findings as if they had also measured elements of personality, such as self-esteem and self-hatred."
—The Chronicle of Higher Education

"A major contribution to the scholarship on Black psychological identity.... Cross has carefully addressed this dominant thesis of psychology, and successfully brought it under a new scientific jurisdiction."
—James M. Jones, University of Delaware

About the Author:

William E. Cross, Jr., is a psychologist and Associate Professor in the Africana Studies and Research Center of Cornell University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0877227594
• ISBN 13: 9780877227595
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296