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



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Autore: O'Brien Eileen <1972-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The racial middle [[electronic resource] ] : Latinos and Asian Americans living beyond the racial divide / / Eileen O'Brien Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
Disciplina: 305.800973
Soggetto topico: Hispanic Americans - Ethnic identity
Hispanic Americans - Attitudes
Asian Americans - Ethnic identity
Asian Americans - Attitudes
Racism - United States - Public opinion
Public opinion - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations
Soggetto non controllato: America
Americans
Asian
Latinos
Middle
States
United
ethnic
fastest-growing
groups
largest
mainly
minorities
other
racial
story
tells
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
Titolo autorizzato: The racial middle  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-6252-2
0-8147-6220-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781911403321
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