Multiracial versus collective black categories: Examining census classification debates in Brazil

Ethnicities

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-101

  Bailey, Stanley R ^a   Telles, Edward E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Census categories; Multiracial; Racial identities; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745759469     PISSN: 14687968     EISSN: 17412706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468796806061080     Document Type: Article

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