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Not black, but Habasha: Ethiopian and Eritrean immigrants in American society

Habecker, Shelly·2012·Ethnic and Racial Studies
DOI 10.1080/01419870.2011.598232
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In this article, I examine the identity choices of Ethiopian and Eritrean immigrants of Amhara, Tigrayan and Tigrinya ethnicity within the context of the larger debate on how non-white immigrants are being incorporated into American society. I argue that these immigrants resist racialization even while their actions and attitudes potentially reinforce America's racial divide. They implicitly challenge American racial categories by thinking of themselves as Habasha, which they view as a separate non-black ethno-racial category that emphasizes their Semitic origins. Meanwhile, they often distance themselves from American blacks through pursuing transnational connections, producing Habasha spaces, displaying the attributes of a ‘model minority’ and preserving Habasha beauty through endogamy. By remaining relatively isolated within their ethnic communities in Washington, DC, which is the focus of this study, they may succeed in differentiating themselves from American blacks, but they are not likely to join the American mainstream on a par with whites.

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  1. Abir Mordechai, 1985, Slaves and Slavery in Muslim Africa,vol. II: The Servile Estate, 121
  2. Habecker , Shelly 2009 African immigrants in Washington, DC: seeking alternative identities in a racially divided city , DPhil dissertation , Department of Development Studies, Oxford University , Oxford, UK
  3. Kent Mary Mederios, 2007, Population Bulletin, 62, 1
  4. Mohammed , Hamid Mohammed 2006 Imagining and performing Habasha identity: the Ethiopian diaspora in the area of Washington, DC , PhD dissertation , Department of Performance Studies, Northwestern University , Evanston, IL
  5. Pankhurst Richard, 2001, The Ethiopians: A History (Peoples of Africa)
  6. Willis John Ralph, 1985, Slaves and Slavery in Muslim Africa, vol. 1 and 2: Islam and the Ideology of Enslavement

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Authors
Habecker, S.
Corresponding author
Habecker, Shelly
Venue
Ethnic and Racial Studies
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2012-07
Volume
35
Issue
7
Pages
1200-1219
ISSN
  • 0141-9870 (ISSN-L)
  • 1466-4356
DOI
10.1080/01419870.2011.598232
OpenAlex
W2058708643
Cited by
73
References
41
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 3 · 2012: 1
FWCI
4.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Ethnic and Racial Studies (publishedVersion)
  • Opus: Research & Creativity (Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Keywords
Ethiopian immigrants, Eritrean immigrants, racialization, ethnic-racial identity, non-white immigrants, model minority, endogamy, transnational connections, racial classification, Washington, D.C., immigrant integration, Amhara, Tigrinya

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