From Black Power to Hip-Hop: Racism, Nationalism, and Feminism is a 2006 book by Patricia Hill Collins. Published by Temple University Press, the book is centered around Patricia Hill and her experiences with racism in America. The book also includes experiences from other Black men and women and their responses to it. In the end she offers her take on Black youth and how its changing along with how Black nationalism works today. Summary Part I: Race, Family, and the U.S. Nation-State Like One of the Family: Race, Ethnicity, and the Paradox of American National Identity: The preliminary essay discusses the family unit as a prominent part of the American national identity as well as point of citizenship. In this, Collins makes critiques about the Western feminist's perception of the family as a point of female oppression throughout history; how the idea of a nuclear family has frequently left women with less power. She links ideas of racism and nationalism due to their “mutually constructing categories.” "Will the 'Real' Mother Please Stand Up? The Logic of Eugenics and American National Family Planning": This essay examines the designated role of motherhood and how it links gender to nationalism. How women remain crucial in nationalist ideologies, but in a narrow-minded scope. Feminist scholars have long discussed the concepts of feminism and nationalism and how gendered the latter is, with women being put in certain boxes of requirements to fill for her nation-state. Her roles include the obvious carrying on of the population – i.e., her role as a mother – her keeping of traditional culture and ability to pass it on, and an aspect of the nation serving as motivation to protect. Part II: Ethnicity, Culture, and Black Nationalist Politics "Black Nationalism and African American Ethnicity: The Case of Afrocentrism as Civil Religion": This set of essays discusses the idea of African nationalism as experienced by African-Americans, the longest oppressed group of people in United States history. When African Americans pursue ethnic mobilization, their sentiments are disregarded and considered anti-American, and separatist. Essentially this essay brings to light the discomfort that arises when African Americans voice concerns that is outside of the comfort box. "When Fighting Words Are Not Enough: The Gendered Content of Afrocentrism": The fourth chapter of the book is informative in that it discusses the introduction of Black cultural nationalism into the world of academia. Essentially, the idea that