On being a white person of color: Using autoethnography to understand Puerto Ricans' racialization

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-203

  Vidal Ortiz, Salvador ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; People of color; Puerto Ricans; Race ethnicity; Racialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 3943093213     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QUAS.0000020692.05355.6e     Document Type: Article

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