02736nam 2200601 a 450 991045529260332120200520144314.01-282-40905-097866124090590-313-05864-4(CKB)1000000000808015(EBL)492029(OCoLC)65428428(SSID)ssj0000335292(PQKBManifestationID)11285704(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335292(PQKBWorkID)10273937(PQKB)10505765(MiAaPQ)EBC492029(Au-PeEL)EBL492029(CaPaEBR)ebr10347054(CaONFJC)MIL240905(EXLCZ)99100000000080801520020427d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlue veins and kinky hair[electronic resource] naming and color consciousness in African America /Obiagele LakeWestport, Conn. Praeger20031 online resource (160 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-89789-558-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-134) and indexes.Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Renaming African People; 2. Mulattoes and Color Consciousness in the United States; 3. Hair and Color Consciousness in African America; 4. Hair and Skin Color in Africa and the African Diaspora; 5. The Dekinking of African Hair; Appendices; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject IndexThe author explores how Africans in America internalized the negative images created of them by the European world, and how internalized racism has worked to fracture African American unity and thereby dilute inchoate efforts toward liberation. In the late 1960s, change began with the Black Is Beautiful slogan and new a consciousness, which went hand in hand with Black Power and pan-African movements. The author argues that for any people to succeed, they must first embrace their own identity, including physical characteristics. Naming, skin color, and hair have been topical issues in the AfriAfrican AmericansRace identityNames, PersonalAfrican AmericanRace awarenessUnited StatesElectronic books.African AmericansRace identity.Names, PersonalAfrican American.Race awareness305.896/073Lake Obiagele964361MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455292603321Blue veins and kinky hair2187473UNINA