Changing Race: Latinos, the Census and the History of Ethnicity

Sampul Depan
NYU Press, 2000 - 283 halaman

An introduction to the dynamic complexity of American ethnic life and Latino identity

Latinos are the fastest growing population group in the United States.Through their language and popular music Latinos are making their mark on American culture as never before. As the United States becomes Latinized, how will Latinos fit into America's divided racial landscape and how will they define their own racial and ethnic identity?

Through strikingly original historical analysis, extensive personal interviews and a careful examination of census data, Clara E. Rodriguez shows that Latino identity is surprisingly fluid, situation-dependent, and constantly changing. She illustrates how the way Latinos are defining themselves, and refusing to define themselves, represents a powerful challenge to America's system of racial classification and American racism.

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II Historical Constructions
63
III Race and the Census
127
Data Limitations and the Undercount
177
The Biological Concept of Race in the United States
182
A Technical Oversight or Racial Flux?
187
Free People of Color
193
Notes
199
References
229
Index
265
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Clara E. Rodríguez is Professor of Sociology at Fordham University's College at Lincoln Center. She is the author of numerous books and has been Visiting Professor at Columbia University, MIT, and Yale University. She has also been a Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation and a Senior Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. She was previously the Dean of Fordham University's College of General Studies.

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