Scales of whiteness and racial mixing: Challenging and confirming racial categories

Geographical Bulletin - Gamma Theta Upsilon

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-110

  Houston, Serin D ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Racial categories; Racial identity; Racial mixing; Scale; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACISM; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 73649137502     PISSN: 07313292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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