"There is not a comparable book that pulls together all of the literature on race attitudes as Cross has done. This is an excellent book; it should be widely read." —Harriette McAdoo, Howard University "In his book, Mr. Cross presents the results of his close re-reading of the original data from the literature on black identity from 1939 to 1967. ... Read moreAlmost without exception, he says, the scholars involved committed two significant errors: They drew conclusions about adult identity from the results of research among preschool-aged children. In addition, they used measures that assessed social attitudes—views about racial identity—but interpreted their findings as if they had also measured elements of personality, such as self-esteem and self-hatred." —The Chronicle of Higher Education "A major contribution to the scholarship on Black psychological identity.... Cross has carefully addressed this dominant thesis of psychology, and successfully brought it under a new scientific jurisdiction." —James M. Jones, University of Delaware Show Less