SOC 308C Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Racial Formation Theory, Ethnography, Racialization
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Summary: experience of puerto ricans complicated the understanding of race, ethnicity and nationality. Census: latino and hispanic are both identities. It is a structural force that shape the way we see identity and paves the way for group responses. Method: uses ethnography by putting personal experiences into context. Theory: classification radicalization, racial formation theory: racialization is not just a phenotype. White person of color: phenotypically white but has accent, pronunciation and bad writing which creates a sense of otherness". Person of color: no specific racial or ethnic marker, alliances and coalition building, outside of deficit model.
