"What Race Do You Consider Yourself?": Factors Influencing Use of Color in Racial Self-Classification

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that predict how individuals, when given the opportunity, choose to racially self-classify. This paper examines responses from a nationally representative United States survey, where respondents could use any language they chose to respond to the...

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Main Authors: Shannon N. Davis, Ruth Jackson, Christine Aicardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina Sociological Association 2012-06-01
Series:Sociation Today
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Online Access:http://www.ncsociology.org/sociationtoday/v101/race.htm