The Black Elite Still Facing the Color Line

This book focuses on the subjective side of success of black professionals and it documents that no matter how much money, power, or prestige, racism is still a salient issue in their lives. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Lois Benjamin is Endowed University Professor of Sociology at Hampton University

Foreword

ix

William R. Harvey

Acknowledgments

xi

Prologue

xiii

The Color Line as Reality: Race Lessons, Patterns, and Propositions

1

(40)

Manifestations of the Color Line: The Impact of Violence

41

(42)

The Color Line across the World of Work

83

(26)

The Color Line across the World of Academe

109

(18)

The Color Line in Social, Religious, and Family Life

127

(32)

Gender Politics: Through the Eyes of Black Women

159

(24)

Styles of Coping

183

(30)

Beyond the Color Line: An Alternative Vision

213

(12)

The Color Line in the Twenty-First Century: Generational Differences

225

(68)

Summary

293

(2)

Selected Bibliography

295

(10)

Index

305

(10)

About the Author

315

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The Black Elite Still Facing the Color Line in the Twenty-First Century

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