Skin Color and Identity Formation

Skin Color and Identity Formation

The focus of this study is on the ways in which skin color moderates the perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation of 17 Mexican and Puerto Rican high school students. More specifically, the study's analysis centered on cataloguing the racial/ethnic identification shifts (or not) in r...

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Main Author: Fergus, Edward (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Taylor & Francis 2005
Subjects:
Society & culture: general
Ethnic studies
Sociology
puerto
rican
students
academic
orientation
ethnic
identification
cultural
ecological
model
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Summary:The focus of this study is on the ways in which skin color moderates the perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation of 17 Mexican and Puerto Rican high school students. More specifically, the study's analysis centered on cataloguing the racial/ethnic identification shifts (or not) in relation to how they perceive others situate them based on skin color.
ISBN:9780203338247
9780415949705;9780415651714;9781135931308;9781135931292;9781135931254
Access:Open Access

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