Double Burden: Black Women and Everyday Racism 9781317472810, 1317472810

Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowlegments
Chapter 1 The Lives of Black Women: Introduction and Overview
Harsh Representations of Black Women
Racial Oppression and Stigmatization of Black Women
Practicing Gendered Discrimination
Racism at Work
The "Beauty" of Racism
The Racist Past and Its Contemporary Legacies
Fighting Back: An Oppositional Culture
Voices of Black Women and Men
Conclusion
Chapter 2 Black Women at Work
Racial Discrimination at Work
White Manipulation: Using Black Women
Consequences of Racism at Work: Black Families
Conclusion
Chapter 3 Black Beauty in a Whitewashed World
Stigmatizing Black Beauty
Contradictions and Consequences of Stigmatization
Fighting Back Successfully
Beauty Standards and Black Men
Conclusion
Chapter 4 Common Myths and Media Images of Black Women
Myths About African American Women: Sexuality and Attractiveness
Racial-Sexual Myths and Their Origins
Other Media Stigmatization of Black Women
Media Stigmatizing of the African American Family
Conclusion
Chapter 5 Distancing White Women
Racial Conflict in Organizations
Friction with White Women in Other Settings
Major Differences Across the Color Line
Supportive White Women
Conclusion
Chapter 6 Black Families: Goals and Responses
The Extended Family in Black America
The Many Strengths of Black Families
Troubles in Families and Communities
Black Women's Hopes and Goals for Their Families
Conclusion
Chapter 7 Motherhood and Families
The Significance of Motherhood
A Sense of Control
Conclusion
Chapter 8 Finale
Black Women at Work
Concepts of Beauty
Media Portrayals of Black Women
Black and White Women
Black Families
Motherhood
What We've Learned
Notes
Index

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double burden

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YAN ICK ST. JEAN JOE R. FEAGIN

double burden BLACK

WOMEN AND

EVERYDAY RACISM

ROUTLEDGE

Routledge Taylor & Francis Group

LONDON AND NEW YORK

First published 1998 by M.E. Sharpe Published 2015 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA

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Notices No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use of operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Practitioners and researchers must always rely on their own experience and knowledge in evaluating and using any information, methods, compounds, or experiments described herein. In using such information or methods they should be mindful of their own safety and the safety of others, including parties for whom they have a professional responsibility. Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data St. Jean, Yanick, 1945 Double burden: Black women and everyday racism\ Yanick St. Jean and Joe R. Feagin p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56324-944-8 (hardcover: alk. paper) ISBN 1-56324-945-6 (pbk: alk. paper) 1. Afro-American women--Social conditions. 2. Race discrimination-United States. 3. Racism-United States. 4. United States-Race relations. I. Feagin, Joe R. II. Tide. El85.86.S695 1997 305 .48'89607 3--