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The African-Americanization of the Black Diaspora in Globalization or the Contemporary Capitalist World-system

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  • Paul C. Mocombe

    (Philosophy and Sociology, West Virginia State University, The Mocombeian Foundation Inc.)

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This article puts forth the argument that people of African descent in the contemporary capitalist world-system under American hegemony, that is, globalization, are ever so slowly becoming African-Americanized because of the ideological and material influence of the black underclass via hip-hop culture and work and the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism promulgated throughout the diaspora by black American charismatic liberal bourgeois Protestant preachers like TD Jakes, Creflo Dollar, etc. The latter, representatives of the black bourgeoisie, given their material wealth, have become the bearers of ideological and linguistic domination in black America, and are seeking to do the same in the African diaspora. I am, therefore, suggesting that contemporarily the evolution of black diasporic practical consciousness in the capitalist world-system under American hegemony has to be examined against the backdrop of this class dualism as well as the cultural and religious heritage of the black American people responsible for its inception in globalization or the contemporary capitalist world-system under American hegemony.

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  • Paul C. Mocombe, 2015. "The African-Americanization of the Black Diaspora in Globalization or the Contemporary Capitalist World-system," Journal of Developing Societies, , vol. 31(4), pages 467-487, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:jodeso:v:31:y:2015:i:4:p:467-487
    DOI: 10.1177/0169796X15603226
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