03716nam 2200925 a 450 991078191140332120230721032250.00-8147-6252-20-8147-6220-410.18574/nyu/9780814762523(CKB)1000000000486944(EBL)865730(OCoLC)779828221(SSID)ssj0000232049(PQKBManifestationID)11187718(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000232049(PQKBWorkID)10209545(PQKB)10593292(MiAaPQ)EBC865730(OCoLC)229447536(MdBmJHUP)muse10572(Au-PeEL)EBL865730(CaPaEBR)ebr10268978(DE-B1597)547007(DE-B1597)9780814762523(EXLCZ)99100000000048694420071217d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe racial middle[electronic resource] Latinos and Asian Americans living beyond the racial divide /Eileen O'BrienNew York New York University Pressc20081 online resource (254 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-6215-8 0-8147-6214-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-236) and index.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.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 LHispanic AmericansEthnic identityHispanic AmericansAttitudesAsian AmericansEthnic identityAsian AmericansAttitudesRacismUnited StatesPublic opinionPublic opinionUnited StatesUnited StatesRace relationsAmerica.Americans.Asian.Latinos.Middle.States.United.ethnic.fastest-growing.groups.largest.mainly.minorities.other.racial.story.tells.Hispanic AmericansEthnic identity.Hispanic AmericansAttitudes.Asian AmericansEthnic identity.Asian AmericansAttitudes.RacismPublic opinion.Public opinion305.800973O'Brien Eileen1972-1534584MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781911403321The racial middle3782259UNINA