Dimensions of Blackness

Jas M. Sullivan is Associate Professor of Political Science and African and African American Studies at Louisiana State University. He is the coauthor (with Jonathan Winburn) of The Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus: Race and Representation in the Pelican State. Jonathan Winburn is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Social Science Research Lab at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of The Realities of Redistricting: Following the Rules and Limiting Gerrymandering in State Legislative Redistricting. William E. Cross Jr. is Clinical Professor of Higher Education and Counseling Psychology at the University of Denver and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He is the coeditor (with Jas M. Sullivan) of Meaning-Making, Internalized Racism, and African American Identity, also published by SUNY Press.

• Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Understanding Black Racial Identity 2. Measuring and Analyzing the Influence of Multidimensional Racial Identity 3. Social Dominance Orientation 4. Black Nationalism and Racial Attitudes 5. Policy Attitudes 6. Political Participation Conclusion Appendix: Models for Single- Item Measures Notes Selected Bibliography Index

"[The authors'] well-crafted findings accent how self-chosen identities are multifaceted, and how identity choices affect political policy views and participation. Their innovative analysis goes beyond studies using unidimensional identity measures." — CHOICE