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O'Brien Eileen <1972-> |
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Titolo |
The racial middle [[electronic resource] ] : Latinos and Asian Americans living beyond the racial divide / / Eileen O'Brien |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-8147-6252-2 |
0-8147-6220-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (254 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hispanic Americans - Ethnic identity |
Hispanic Americans - Attitudes |
Asian Americans - Ethnic identity |
Asian Americans - Attitudes |
Racism - United States - Public opinion |
Public opinion - United States |
United States Race relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-236) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The panethnic racial middle -- The meanings of race and ethnicity from the racial middle / with Catherine Estevez -- Reshaping racist ideology from the middle -- Interracial border crossing : commonalities and diversions in the racial middle -- "No racism, only that one time--" : clinging to the American dream, despite exclusion -- Progressives : seeing race through multiple lenses -- The potential of the racial middle. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The divide over race is usually framed as one over Black and White. Sociologist Eileen O'Brien is interested in that middle terrain, what sits in the ever-increasing gray area she dubbed the racial middle. The Racial Middle , tells the story of the other racial and ethnic groups in America, mainly Latinos and Asian Americans, two of the largest and fastest-growing minorities in the United States. Using dozens of in-depth interviews with people of various ethnic and generational backgrounds, Eileen O'Brien challenges the notion that, to fit into American culture, the only options available to L |
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