Black identity as political category only emerged after the late 1960s

Evidence

Robert Miles supports this by citing Paul Gilroy’s There ain’t no black in the Union Jack as a perfect example, where Asians were granted merely a ‘walk-on’ part. Modood also suggested that the term ‘black’ overlooked and obscured Asian needs despite them becoming an ever-growing population, adding that ‘black’ was also far too politicised that for Asians was little more than a ‘political colour’ that appealed only to a very limited aspect of their individual or community being. The final two arguments were that ‘black’ was non-conducive to ethnic pride and that there was a coerciveness by anti-racist advocates where the consent of Asians and others who were not culturally black became taken for granted and so negated their status and distinctive identity. resultantly, Modood put forward the argument that new identities were needed that broke the hegemonic grip of ‘political blackness’. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 57 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Racial identity as a sign must give way to positional, political subjectivities; The anti-racist term ‘black’ excluded Asians and prompted new identities — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 57; Caribbean black populations first recognized themselves as black in the 1970s.

Related

• The anti-racist term ‘black’ excluded Asians and prompted new identities (similarity 0.91)
• Modood rejected the ‘black’ label as coercive over Asians (similarity 0.86)
• The category ‘black’ historically privileged Afro-Caribbean experience and lost descriptive force for Asians. (similarity 0.83)
• British anti-racist unity under black identity dissolved as politics of recognition grew (similarity 0.82)
• Race Relations Act 1976 drove the ‘black’ consensus that marginalized Asians (similarity 0.82)
• New racial identities can form in response to racism itself (similarity 0.81)
• Race categories are historical and political, not pigment-based (similarity 0.81)
• Bengali immigrants navigated citizenship by adopting Black identity after Thind (similarity 0.79)
• A strategic political identity can unite people across skin-color differences (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Racial identity as a sign must give way to positional, political subjectivities #expands (0.80)
• The anti-racist term ‘black’ excluded Asians and prompted new identities #qualifies (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 57