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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781911403321

Autore

O'Brien Eileen <1972->

Titolo

The racial middle [[electronic resource] ] : Latinos and Asian Americans living beyond the racial divide / / Eileen O'Brien

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8147-6252-2

0-8147-6220-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

305.800973

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-236) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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