Ethnicity and the role of group consciousness: a comparison between African Americans and Black immigrants

This article examines the role of context on the mobilization of politicized racial group consciousness among African Americans and Black immigrants. I use data from a nationally representative sample of African Americans and Black immigrants to gain a better understanding of what policy areas and political behaviors are influenced by racial group consciousness. This article, overall, not only sheds light on the circumstances under which group consciousness influences Blacks in the United States but it also provides a comparative analysis of how group consciousness influences African Americans and Black immigrants differently.