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

• Autore: O'Brien Eileen <1972->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• 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
• 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
• ISBN: 0-8147-6252-2; 0-8147-6220-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819848603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II