Ameritocracy and infra-racial racism: Racializing social and cultural reproduction theory in the twenty-first century

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-230

  Akom, A A ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorblindness; Declining significance of race; Intersectionality; Merit; Race; Racism; Social and cultural reproduction theory

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLACK POPULATION; CLASS; PHENOTYPE; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACISM; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51849160339     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613320802291116     Document Type: Article

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