A Diverse – and Divided – Black Community (washingtonpost.com)
America’s black community, which now includes more West Indian and African immigrants than ever, is no longer the monolithic group that many politicians, civil rights advocates and demographers say it is.My only thought as I skimmed the beginning of this article was, “I don’t know that the black community could ever have been considered monolithic,” and I was gratified to see that George had the same reaction.
A new African American community is being forged, sociologists and anthropologists say, in which culture and nationality are becoming more important than skin color. It is as diverse – and as divided – as the Latino community or the Asian American community, each made up of migrants from numerous nations.
