Racial categories matter because racial hierarchies matter: A commentary

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 959-968

  Bashi, Vilna ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Kibria; Racial categories; Racial hierarchies; Racialization; Social structure

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; RACE; RACIAL IDENTITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0032444240     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014198798329748     Document Type: Article

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