Young, Gifted and Diverse: Origins of the New Black Elite by Charles, Camille Z.

Young, Gifted and Diverse: Origins of the New Black Elite (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780691237459)

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Young, Gifted and Diverse: Origins of the New Black Elite by Charles, Camille Z.

Young, Gifted and Diverse: Origins of the New Black Elite

$39.95
Young, Gifted and Diverse: Origins of the New Black Elite by Charles, Camille Z.

Young, Gifted and Diverse: Origins of the New Black Elite

$39.95
Format: Paperback
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An in-depth look at the rising American generation entering the Black professional class

Despite their diversity, Black Americans have long been studied as a uniformly disadvantaged group. Drawing from a representative sample of over a thousand Black students and in-depth interviews and focus groups with over one hundred more, Young, Gifted and Diverse highlights diversity among the new educated Black elite--those graduating from America's selective colleges and universities in the early twenty-first century.

Differences in childhood experiences shape this generation, including their racial and other social identities and attitudes, and beliefs about and interactions with one another. While those in the new Black elite come from myriad backgrounds and have varied views on American racism, as they progress through college and toward the Black professional class they develop a shared worldview and group consciousness. They graduate with optimism about their own futures, but remain guarded about racial equality more broadly. This internal diversity alongside political consensus among the elite complicates assumptions about both a monolithic Black experience and the future of Black political solidarity.

Author: Camille Z. Charles, Douglas S. Massey, Kimberly C. Torres
ISBN-10: 069123745X
ISBN-13: 9780691237459
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2022
Pages: 472
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 9.13h x 6.06w x 1.18d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/01/2022 pg. 162
By Camille Z. Charles
By Camille Z. Charles
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Camille Z. Charles is the Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences and professor of sociology and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Rory Kramer is associate professor of sociology and criminology at Villanova University. Douglas S. Massey is the Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Kimberly C. Torres is an affiliated faculty member in organizational dynamics and the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

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