LOST BOUNDARIES: RACIAL PASSING AND POVERTY IN SEGREGATED NEW ORLEANS. |
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Anthony, Arthé A.
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1/1/95
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Journal
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Louisiana History
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36(3)p.291-312
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African American
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Extensive interviews done in 1977 with 18 women and 12 men from New Orleans s black Creole community who grew to maturity in the 1910 s-20 s indicate that blacks used racialpassing only as a last resort because it meant tolerating racism and fearing betrayal and discovery. The interviews cast light on the lives of lower-income African Americans, particularlywomen, and the risks they felt forced to take to escape poverty. Many blacks employed passing on a part-time basis, passing for white at work but living a black life in private. Blacks resortedto adopting a new racial identity less frequently. Some refused to pass for whites, unwilling to give up family and community ties.
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