“Whitening” and the Changing American Racial Hierarchy

Du Bois Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 267-279

  Gans, Herbert J ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biracials; Deracialization; Multiracials; Racial Hierarchy; Racial Intermarriage; Whitening

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011436980     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X12000288     Document Type: Article

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