Showing papers in "The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity in 2019"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed the analytic components of a structural race perspective and called for comparative work on racialization in various societies, including U.S.-centric race theory.
Abstract: Twenty years after Bonilla-Silva developed the analytic components of a structural race perspective and called for “comparative work on racialization in various societies,” U.S.-centric race theory...
90 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a nascent literature recognizes that student loan debt is racialized and disproportionately affects youth of color, especially black youth, and the authors expand on this research and as...
Abstract: A nascent literature recognizes that student loan debt is racialized and disproportionately affects youth of color, especially black youth. In this study, the authors expand on this research and as...
74 citations
TL;DR: The intersection of race and disability remains a particularly neglected area in sociological research as mentioned in this paper, and intersectional lenses have been used to examine an increasingly wider range of processes and identities.
Abstract: Sociologists are using intersectional lenses to examine an increasingly wider range of processes and identities, yet the intersection of race and disability remains a particularly neglected area in...
73 citations
TL;DR: This paper explored how exposure to diversity, an implicit racial socialization practice, has become a defining feature of how some parents expose their children to diversity in the form of exposure to ethnic foods.
Abstract: Drawing upon interviews with 40 parents in Cincinnati, Ohio, the author explores how “exposure to diversity,” an implicit racial socialization practice, has become a defining feature of how some mi...
45 citations
TL;DR: This article found that Americans who hold strongly to a myth about America's Christian heritage tend to draw rigid boundaries around ethnic and national group identities, which is called "Christian nationalism" and "national group me...
Abstract: Research shows that Americans who hold strongly to a myth about America’s Christian heritage—what is called “Christian nationalism”—tend to draw rigid boundaries around ethnic and national group me...
42 citations
TL;DR: Researchers have used audit studies to provide causal evidence of racial discrimination for nearly 60 years as mentioned in this paper, and although audits are an excellent methodological tool to investigate the "what,” "where, and how" of race discrimination, they have not yet been used to investigate race discrimination.
Abstract: Researchers have used audit studies to provide causal evidence of racial discrimination for nearly 60 years. Although audits are an excellent methodological tool to investigate the “what,” “where,”...
34 citations
TL;DR: In this article, it is assumed that minority-serving institutions (MSIs) operate with a mission to alleviate broad inequalities in the United States, and it is often presumed that minority serving institutions operate with the mission or capacity to serve underrepresented students.
Abstract: It is often presumed that minority-serving institutions (MSIs)—colleges and universities with the mission or capacity to serve underrepresented students—operate with a mission to alleviate broad in...
31 citations
TL;DR: The findings indicate that dark-skinned women experience more physiological deterioration and self-report worse health than lighter skinned women, and socioeconomic factors, stressors, and discrimination do not explain the dark-light disparity in physiological deterioration among women.
Abstract: Skin tone is a significant marker used by others to evaluate and rank the social position of minorities. While skin color represents a particularly salient dimension of race, its consequences for health remains unclear. This study uses four waves of panel data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study and random intercept multilevel models to address three research questions critical to understanding the skin color-health relationship among African American adults (N=1,680): what is the relationship between skin color and two global measures of health (cumulative biological risk and self-rated health)? To what extent are these relationships gendered? Do socioeconomic resources, stressors, and discrimination help explain the skin color-health relationship? Findings indicate that dark-skinned women have more physiological deterioration and self-report worse health than lighter-skinned women. These associations are not evident among men, and socioeconomic factors, stressors, and discrimination do not explain the light-dark disparity in physiological deterioration among women. Differences in self-ratings of health among women are partially explained by education and income. Results of this study highlight heterogeneity in determinants of health among African Americans, and provide a more nuanced understanding of health inequality by identifying particularly disadvantaged members of racial groups that are often assumed to have monolithic experiences.
31 citations
TL;DR: Sociology recognizes itself as a preeminently modern discipline yet remains virtually silent on what W.E.B. Du Bois identifies as modernity's "most magnifi...
Abstract: At the heart of sociology lies a paradox. Sociology recognizes itself as a preeminently modern discipline yet remains virtually silent on what W.E.B. Du Bois identifies as modernity’s “most magnifi...
30 citations
TL;DR: A solid foundation for any empirical investigation of the relationship between whiteness and time is provided in this article. But the study of whiteness is not limited to the study in this paper.
Abstract: Independently, the study of whiteness and the study of time are important interventions in sociology. A solid foundation for any empirical investigation of the relationship between whiteness and th...
26 citations
TL;DR: In the past 20 years, scholars of top sociology and race and ethnicity articles increasingly have mentioned the term “color line,” and prominent among them are sociologists concerned with how incoming...
Abstract: In the past 20 years, scholars of top sociology and race and ethnicity articles increasingly have mentioned the term “color line.” Prominent among them are sociologists concerned with how incoming ...
TL;DR: This paper found that white admissions counselors are more responsive to black students who present as deracialized and racially apolitical than they are to those who evince a co-existence with race and racism.
Abstract: Most historically and predominantly white institutions (HPWIs) now desire some number of black students on their campuses. However, recent theoretical scholarship suggests that HPWIs’ desire for and willingness to embrace black students is predicated on their racial palatability. The theory of intraracial discrimination stipulates that white gatekeepers are increasingly inclined to screen blacks to “weed out” those they perceive as too concerned with race and racism. In this study, the author assessed whether there was evidence of intraracial discrimination within the HPWI admissions regime. The data were derived through an audit of 517 white admissions counselors, employed at the same number of institutions, who received inquiry e-mails from fictitious black high school students who presented as more or less racially salient. The findings reveal that white admissions counselors are more responsive to black students who present as deracialized and racially apolitical than they are to those who evince a co...
TL;DR: The authors examined the combined effect of body size and skin tone or color on individual income for black Americans and found that light-skinned black Americans suffer an obesity income penalty similar to white Americans.
Abstract: America’s obsession with obesity has spawned increasing amounts of research examining how body size shapes social outcomes. Generally, body size negatively correlates with these outcomes, with larger people suffering lower self-esteem, marriage rates, and wages. However, these outcomes are unevenly distributed among racial groups, as black people counterintuitively seem robust to many of the ravages of weight discrimination. Understanding why black people do not suffer a “double burden” where weight is concerned has baffled social scientists using basic models of intersectionality to explain outcomes. The author attempts to deepen understanding of intersectionality and the structure of race in the United States by examining the combined effect of body size and skin tone or color on individual income for black Americans. The author finds that light-skinned black Americans suffer an obesity income penalty similar to white Americans, whereas medium- and dark-skinned black Americans seem to suffer no obesity ...
TL;DR: Contemporary theorizing regarding citizenship emphasizes the legal and social significance of citizenship status. Citizenship awards individuals a formal status and exclusive rights while also providing them with a formal and exclusive access to the country as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Contemporary theorizing regarding citizenship emphasizes the legal and social significance of citizenship status. Citizenship awards individuals a formal status and exclusive rights while also gran...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors look at how the intersection of gender and race influences pretenure faculty members' perceptions of the clarity of tenure expectations and identify potential predictors (assessment of mentoring, relationships with peers, feedback on progress toward tenure, and of fairness in tenure decision making and evaluation) of perceptions of tenure clarity for four intersectionally defined groups, including historically underrepresented minority women.
Abstract: The authors look at how the intersection of gender and race influences pretenure faculty members’ perceptions of the clarity of tenure expectations. The authors also seek to identify potential predictors (assessment of mentoring, relationships with peers, feedback on progress toward tenure, and of fairness in tenure decision making and evaluation) of perceptions of tenure clarity for four intersectionally defined groups, including historically underrepresented minority women (URMW). The authors use an intersectional perspective and the gendered and racialized organizations’ theoretical lens to interpret the results. The data set comes from the Harvard University Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education survey of tenure-track faculty job satisfaction (2011 and 2012). Bivariate results reveal no significant differences in URMW’s perceptions of tenure clarity compared with all other faculty members. However, findings show that compared with white men (WM), URMW are less satisfied with the relati...
TL;DR: In this article, a case study of an ongoing diversity initiative at Diversity University (DU), a public, flagship university in the U.S. South, is presented, which advances understanding of the discursive...
Abstract: Through a case study of an ongoing diversity initiative at Diversity University (DU), a public, flagship university in the U.S. South, the author’s research advances understanding of the discursive...
TL;DR: This paper assess the legacy of "sundown towns" in the United States, which restricted who could live there based on their race or ethnicity, and assess the impact of these places on black-white inequality.
Abstract: I contribute to our understanding of black–white inequality in the United States by assessing the legacy of “sundown towns.” Sundown towns are places that restricted who could live there based on i...
TL;DR: Latina/o educational differentials have been studied predominantly from a deficit standpoint that emphasizes a lack of cultural capital as discussed by the authors, but more recently researchers began to reject this deficit perspective.
Abstract: Latina/o educational differentials have been studied predominantly from a deficit standpoint that emphasizes a lack of cultural capital. More recently, researchers began to reject this deficit pers...
TL;DR: Despite several widely covered scandals involving the role of for-profit corporations in administering immigration policy, the privatization of immigration control continues apace with the criminalization of illegal immigration as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Despite several widely covered scandals involving the role of for-profit corporations in administering immigration policy, the privatization of immigration control continues apace with the criminal...
TL;DR: The authors explore the idea that sociology is collectively, possessively invested in a particular version of itself, white sociology, and explore some of the key elements of white sociology's self-interest.
Abstract: In this feature review we explore the idea that the discipline is collectively, possessively invested in a particular version of itself—white sociology. We think through some of the key elements of...
TL;DR: In this article, a recurring theme focusing on poor whites role in carrying the Republican nominee to victory gained further credence with the popularity and popularity of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential election.
Abstract: Leading up to and since the 2016 presidential election, a recurring theme focusing on poor whites’ role in carrying the Republican nominee to victory gained further credence with the popularity and...
TL;DR: This article examined how Americans describe their own racial and ethnic identities when they are not constrained by conventional fixed categories, using new, nationally representative data to examine how Americans identify their own race and ethnicity.
Abstract: This paper uses new, nationally representative data to examine how Americans describe their own racial and ethnic identities when they are not constrained by conventional fixed categories. Recent w...
TL;DR: The U.S.-Mexico border has been of particular interest to the Trump administration in its ongoing efforts to restrict immigration as discussed by the authors, though unauthorized immigrants are the purported targets of measur...
Abstract: The U.S.-Mexico border has been of particular interest to the Trump administration in its ongoing efforts to restrict immigration. Though unauthorized immigrants are the purported targets of measur...
TL;DR: The legacies of a racial and ethnocentric past continue to have implications for the present in South Africa and Rwanda, particularly within the realm of education as discussed by the authors, although in both societies, the...
Abstract: The legacies of a racial and ethnocentric past continue to have implications for the present in South Africa and Rwanda, particularly within the realm of education. Although in both societies, the ...
TL;DR: The authors connect global historical sociology with racial formation theory to examine how antislavery movements fostered novel forms of self-government and justifications for state format, and find that these forms can be found in the history of the United States.
Abstract: The authors seek to connect global historical sociology with racial formation theory to examine how antislavery movements fostered novel forms of self-government and justifications for state format...
TL;DR: This article found a high prevalence of entrapment in post-9/11 terrorism sting operations, but it is unknown whether entrapments abuses are disproportionately targeted at specific racial/ethnic groups.
Abstract: Previous research suggests a high prevalence of entrapment in post-9/11 terrorism sting operations, but it is unknown whether entrapment abuses are disproportionately targeted at specific racial/et...
TL;DR: For instance, the authors argued that "ideologies that support racial domination and white supremacy remain foundational in U.S. society, even as the nation becomes increasingly diverse and progressively focused on quantitative measurem...
Abstract: Ideologies that support racial domination and White supremacy remain foundational in U.S. society, even as the nation becomes increasingly diverse and progressively focused on quantitative measurem...
TL;DR: Following World War I, the U.S. Department of Labor worked with a large-scale commercial philanthropic endeavor called the Phelps Stokes Fund to transfer educational policies designed for African A...
Abstract: Following World War I, the U.S. Department of Labor worked with a large-scale commercial philanthropic endeavor called the Phelps Stokes Fund to transfer educational policies designed for African A...
TL;DR: For those deemed "racialized others", travel and leisure activities can bring many rewards, and yet for those deemed “racialized Others,” these same activities can be fraught with anxiety and tension as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Travel and leisure activities can bring many rewards, and yet for those deemed “racialized Others,” these same activities can be fraught with anxiety and tension. As in all aspects of society, raci...
TL;DR: The authors counters potentially premature demographic and sociological claims of a large-scale Hispanic transition into mainstream whiteness via in-depth interviews and ethnographic observations of the Hispanic population in the US.
Abstract: This study counters potentially premature demographic and sociological claims of a large-scale Hispanic transition into mainstream whiteness. Via in-depth interviews and ethnographic observations o...