Latino racial choices: The effects of skin colour and discrimination on Latinos' and Latinas' racial self-identifications

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 899-934

  Golash Boza, Tanya ^a   Darity Jr , William ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Assimilation; Discrimination; Hispanic; Latino; Racial identification; Skin colour

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LATINO PEOPLE; PREDICTION; RACIAL DISPARITY; SKIN; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42549148594     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870701568858     Document Type: Article

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