Table of Contents

Part 1 Life-course diversity in the black community: forging a radicalist paradigm; black ethnicity from a social psychological perspective; life-course diversity in the black community; the role of ethnicity in social life; coda. Part 2 The myth of black ethnicity: black ethnic mythography; ethnic culture - the right stuff? Part 3 Black ethnic diversity in global perspective: Caribbean-Americans; African Americans; Black Americans; the social construction of primordiality. Part 4 Black ethnic families: the individual, the family and the society. Part 5 Ethnic nostalgia in black education: cultural discontinuity; family, community and the institutional order. Part 6 Black colleges - a raisin in the sun, or grannie's ax? some points to ponder. Part 7 Religion, the black church and the ethnic ethic: more than just a religious institution; religion and the ethnic ethic; politics and the ethnic ethic; economic realities in the black community. Part 8 The identity dilemma: the perpetual dilemma; the ethnic myth revisited; black diversity in historical perspective; the dilemma of identity. Part 9 An epilogue - looking ahead: "E pluribus unum"; the myth of black ethnicity, the life-course and individuality - bringing it all together; conclusions, discussions and implications. Appendix: the National Survey of Families and Households (January 30, 1990).

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vis /f Richard /i A.