Faculty First Year Seminars 197POLI5 - Carib. Immig. & Idntty Politic
Spring
2014
01
1.00
Carlene Edie
M 4:40PM 5:30PM
UMass Amherst
59534
Blacks are as ethnically diverse as whites, yet most of the earlier influential scholarship on race/ethnicity defines blacks on skin color
alone, treating that population as if it is a homogenous group. The basic premise of this seminar is that a more differentiated account of black politics will make an important contribution to the intellectual discourse on race/ethnicity/immigration in American politics. Drawing on case studies from New York City, the broad questions that the seminar seeks to explore are (a) whether racism compels Caribbean black immigrants to follow the same path to political incorporation as African Americans or (b) can foreign-born blacks replicate the patterns of early European immigrants in keeping with the predictions of the pluralist model of political scientists? Weekly seminars will focus on themes and issues raised in empirical studies on the subject, as well as discussions generated by seminar participants and invited guests (politicians, academics, activists).
alone, treating that population as if it is a homogenous group. The basic premise of this seminar is that a more differentiated account of black politics will make an important contribution to the intellectual discourse on race/ethnicity/immigration in American politics. Drawing on case studies from New York City, the broad questions that the seminar seeks to explore are (a) whether racism compels Caribbean black immigrants to follow the same path to political incorporation as African Americans or (b) can foreign-born blacks replicate the patterns of early European immigrants in keeping with the predictions of the pluralist model of political scientists? Weekly seminars will focus on themes and issues raised in empirical studies on the subject, as well as discussions generated by seminar participants and invited guests (politicians, academics, activists).
Freshmen Only