Class-privileged blacks could themselves face exclusion from the respectability project.

Evidence

I was fascinated by the calypso singers and the sometimes ribald ditties they sang in their tents during carnival time. But, like many of the black middle class, to my mother a calypso was a matter for ne’er-do-wells and at best the common people. I was made to understand that the road to the calypso tent was the road to hell, and there were always plenty of examples of hells inhabitants to whom she could point. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1176 (#expands, via linked claim)

Respectability’s emphasis on individual behavior served inevitably to blame blacks for their victimization and, worse yet, to place an inordinate amount of blame on black women. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 923 (#expands, via linked claim)

Assimilationists argued that these young Black women could one day learn to discipline themselves sexually (like White women). Segregationists argued that they could not, advocating sterilization policies or long-term contraceptives. — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1110 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Black middle-class respectability politics rejected lower-class cultural expressions as immoral. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1176; Free biracial elites historically distanced themselves from enslaved Black people. — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 604; Black men claimed sole victimhood and manhood rights while ignoring black women’s oppression. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 283 (+4 more)

Related

• Black middle-class respectability politics rejected lower-class cultural expressions as immoral. (similarity 0.87)
• Respectability politics blamed black victims for their own oppression (similarity 0.81)
• Black middle-class advancement sharpened cultural divisions within black society (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Black middle-class respectability politics rejected lower-class cultural expressions as immoral. #expands (0.82) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1176
• Respectability politics blamed black victims for their own oppression #expands (0.80) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 923
• Assimilationists and segregationists differed only on whether Black sexuality could be disciplined. #expands (0.76) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1110
• Free biracial elites historically distanced themselves from enslaved Black people. #corroborates (0.75) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 604
• Even antiracist leaders suppressed colorism critiques to protect their privilege #corroborates (0.74) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 831
• Black men claimed sole victimhood and manhood rights while ignoring black women’s oppression. #expands (0.72) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 283
• Early Black historiography challenged exclusion while accepting dominant values #corroborates (0.72)