Black Mosaic by Candis Watts Smith

Author:Candis Watts Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781479863105
Publisher: NYU Press

What We Know about Racial Group Consciousness

There are several steps between being placed in a racial category and mobilizing that ascribed identity toward political action. “Acquiring a group identity and a sense of common fate is therefore just the first step toward a fully developed group consciousness.”9 That is to say, group consciousness starts with a shared identity or sense of closeness with group members. Racial group consciousness is an “in-group identification politicized by a set of ideological beliefs about one’s group’s social standing as well as a view that collective action is the best means by which the group can improve its status and realize its interests.”10

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