'It is their nature to do menial labour': The racialization of 'Latino/a workers' by agricultural employers

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1017-1036

  Maldonado, Marta Maria ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colour blindness; Dual frame of reference; Latino as; Multiple racisms; Race as culture; Racialization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; ETHNIC MINORITY; LABOR MARKET; LATINO PEOPLE; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACISM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449433877     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870902802254     Document Type: Article

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