LEADER 02035nam 2200397 450 001 9910476814503321 005 20230511120016.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000000566411 035 $a(NjHacI)995470000000566411 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000000566411 100 $a20230511d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSkin Color and Identity Formation $eperceptions of opportunity and academic orientation among Mexican and Puerto Rican youth /$fEdward Fergus 210 1$aLondon, United Kingdom :$cTaylor & Francis,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (208 pages) 311 $a1-135-93125-9 327 $a1. Mapping Explanations of academic variability and racial/ethnic identification -- 2. Methods -- 3. Portraits of Self-Identification -- 4. Negotiating Identification with Other Students and Teachers -- 5. Perceptions of Life Chances -- 6. Conceptualizing and Navigating the School Space -- 7. Toward an Understanding of the Educational Implications of Skin Colour Variation. 330 $aThe focus of this study is on the ways in which skin color moderates the perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation of 17 Mexican and Puerto Rican high school students. More specifically, the study's analysis centered on cataloguing the racial/ethnic identification shifts (or not) in relation to how they perceive others situate them based on skin color. 606 $aMexican American youth$xAttitudes 606 $aPuerto Ricans$xEducation (Secondary) 606 $aHuman skin color$xSocial aspects 615 0$aMexican American youth$xAttitudes. 615 0$aPuerto Ricans$xEducation (Secondary) 615 0$aHuman skin color$xSocial aspects. 676 $a373.18296872073 700 $aFergus$b Edward$01357717 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910476814503321 996 $aSkin Color and Identity Formation$93364302 997 $aUNINA