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Critique [Of The Use Of The Terms "Negro" And "Black" To Include Persons Of Native American Ancestry In "Anglo" North America By Jack D. Forbes], John M. Hunnicutt
Critique [Of The Use Of The Terms "Negro" And "Black" To Include Persons Of Native American Ancestry In "Anglo" North America By Jack D. Forbes], John M. Hunnicutt
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The article is well written and researched. The author has searched the literature pertaining to blacks and Indians and found that there are many cases of confused and deliberate distortions. These distortions had and have a profound impact on the way we behave. Many examples of the use of overgeneralization are given. The reasons for this behavior are complex and varied. As an example we find the white Virginians agitating for the termination of the Gingaskin Indian Reservation in Northampton County. Forbes cites the reason for this agitation as the area was an "asylum for free negroes" and the presence …
Critique [Of The Use Of The Terms "Negro" And "Black" To Include Persons Of Native American Ancestry In "Anglo" North America By Jack D. Forbes], Neil Nakadate
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
In investigating the use of "Negro" and "black" to include persons of Native American ancestry, Jack D. Forbes brings together a large number of wide-ranging references on an elusive topic. The preliminary nature of Forbes's study and the inevitably problematic status of the data make his work thus far more valuable in suggestive than definitive terms. For example, while the conclusions regarding practices in King Williams Parish, Virginia, in the early 18th century seem generally acceptable, a heavy dependence on given names such as Robin as clues to classification should probably be avoided (Robin is the diminutive of the common …
The Use Of The Terms "Negro" And "Black" To Include Persons Of Native American Ancestry In "Anglo" North America, Jack D. Forbes
The Use Of The Terms "Negro" And "Black" To Include Persons Of Native American Ancestry In "Anglo" North America, Jack D. Forbes
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
In 1854 the California State Supreme Court sought to bar all non-Caucasians from equal citizenship and civil rights. The court stated: The word "Black" may include all Negroes, but the term "Negro" does not include all Black persons . . . . We are of the opinion that the words "White," "Negro," "Mulatto" and "Black person," whenever they occur in our constitution . . . must be taken in their generic sense . . . that the words "Black person," in the 14th section must be taken as contra distinguished from White, and necessarily includes all races other than the …