Latina/O Whitening? Which Latina/os self-classify as white and report being perceived as white by other Americans?

Du Bois Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 119-136

  Vargas, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Latina os; Racial Boundaries; Racial Classification; Racial Identification; Whitening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929739214     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X14000241     Document Type: Article

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