Separate Nations: Two Attitudinal Dimensions of Black Nationalism

• Published in: The Journal of politics Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 22 - 44
• Main Authors: Brown, Robert A., Shaw, Todd C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.02.2002; Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Blackwell Publishers, Inc; University of Chicago Press
• Subjects: African American culture; African Americans; Attitudes; Black communities; Black Community; Black Muslims; Black nationalism; Black power; Communities; Ethnonationalism; Nationalism; Original Articles; Political Attitudes; Political freedom; Political Ideologies; Politics; Public Support; Separatism; United States; US

Previous research has often treated the ideology of Black Nationalism as a singular, uniform set of beliefs. We explore the attitudinal complexity of African-American support for Black Nationalism and discover two distinct dimensions of Black Nationalism, which we label community nationalism and sep...