Thin Skin, Thick Blood: Identity, Stability and the Project of Black Solidarity

dc.contributor.authorRussell, Camisha
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-09T00:33:01Z
dc.date.available2022-06-09T00:33:01Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description22 pages.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this essay I argue for the role of positive, community-based black identities (in the plural) in the creation and maintenance of black solidarity. I argue against Tommie Shelby’s attempts to reduce the notion of black identity as it relates to solidarity from something social or cultural to something entirely political—“thin” black identity. As an alternative, I propose a model for the relationship between “thin” and “thicker” (social or cultural) identities based on Rawls’ contention that the stability of overlapping political consensus is produced by different groups’ adherence to, rather than denial of, a plurality of comprehensive doctrines. I also discuss the benefits of positive, community-based black identities in terms of “black love” and show why, even if not possessed by each and every black American, such identities are ultimately indispensible to any black solidarity project.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCamisha Russell (2009): Thin Skin, Thick Blood: Identity, Stability and the Project of Black Solidarity, Journal for Peace and Justice Studies, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5840/peacejustice200919119en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/27192
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal for Peace and Justice Studiesen_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USen_US
dc.subjectblack solidarityen_US
dc.subjectblack identityen_US
dc.subjectblack loveen_US
dc.titleThin Skin, Thick Blood: Identity, Stability and the Project of Black Solidarityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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