Journal of Black Studies articles from March 1997

Journal of Black Studies archives from March 1997

African American folklore: its role in reconstructing African American history.
March 1, 1997... African American folklore offers researchers an invaluable framework for insight into the history and worldview of African Americans. Folklore, also called folktales, includes myths, storytelling, recollections, ballads, songs, rap, and other...

"The New World and the dreams to which it may give rise": an African and American response to Hegel's challenge. (author Georg W.F. Hegel)
March 1, 1997... What I am about to relate contains language that is shocking, abusive, and offensive. It is language that aims at ostracism. It is language that denies the humanity of persons of African descent. It is language that in W.E.B. Du Bois' estimate...

Differences in the background and criminal justice characteristics of young Black, White, and Hispanic male federal prison inmates.
March 1, 1997... Research reviews reveal two dominant explanations of race as a factor in disparate imprisonment rates and treatment in the criminal justice system: (a) disparate imprisonment rates are the result of race making a difference and (b) Blacks...

The experience of being different: Black Jews in Israel.
March 1, 1997... Mother, in Ethiopia you were White and here you are Black - A young Ethiopian girl writing to her mother There are certain people who, by virtue of their physical appearance, behavior, or life circumstance, feel consistently different. The...

African diaspora conditioning: the case of Liverpool.
March 1, 1997... In the summer of 1994, Liverpool made national headlines as newspapers carried articles that chronicled the convictions for sex work (prostitution) of the deputy mayor, Petrona Lashley (Alderson, 1994), who was due to succeed as Mayor of this...

African American adolescents and use of prenatal care services. Is there a relationship between self-esteem and seeking care?
March 1, 1997... Adolescent pregnancy is a major issue facing the United States (Cartoof, Klerman, & Zazueta, 1991; Spence, Winston, & Adams, 1991; Wells, McDiarmid, & Bayatpour, 1990). A million teenagers become pregnant each year and approximately 30,000 are...

Mate selection preferences among African American college students.
March 1, 1997... All cultures have rules regarding mate selection. Many societies encourage either homogamy or heterogamy. Homogamy refers to marriage between individuals with similar social and personal characteristics, whereas heterogamy refers to marriage...