Racial Reclassification and Political Identity Formation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6412014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David De Micheli (0000-0002-9437-2889, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-51 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8871 • E-ISSN: 1086-3338 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0043887120000179 |
| OpenAlex | W3108678499 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 93 |
This article leverages a phenomenon of racial reclassification in Brazil to shed new light on the processes of identity politicization. Conventional wisdom tells us that race mixture, fluid racial boundaries, and stigmatized blackness lead Brazilians to change their racial identifications—to reclassify—toward whiteness. But in recent years, Brazilians have demonstrated a newfound tendency to reclassify toward blackness. The author argues that this sudden reversal is the unintended consequence of state-led educational expansion for the lower classes. Educational expansion has increased the exposure of newly mobile citizens to information, social networks, and the labor market, leading many to develop racialized political identities and choose blackness. The author develops and tests this argument by drawing on in-depth interview data, systematic analyses of national survey and longitudinal census data, and original survey experiments. This article contributes a novel account of identity politicization and emphasizes the interaction between social structures and citizenship institutions in these processes
Argument (complex analysis · Census · Citizenship · Identity (music · Identity formation · Longitudinal data · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Race (biology · Racial politics · Self-concept · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Survey data collection · Unintended consequences · Critical Race Theory in Education · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Studies · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America
From privileges to rights
Difference in difference
Improvements in data completeness in health information systems reveal racial inequalities
Education, perceived discrimination, and identity voting
Ethnoracial Hierarchies and Democratic Commitments
The electoral consequences of racial fluidity
The Colors of Legislative Performance
Immigration Shocks and Unfounded Concerns About Crime
Cabinet ministers and inequality
Quality or Complexion? Experience and Skin Tone as Determinants of Electoral Success in Mexico
Racial Reclassification and Political Identity Formation
Imperfect measures of dynamic identities
Automated transcoloration? Skin tone classification algorithms and the prominence of non-epidermic features in the Mexican racial schema
Shaping Ethnoracial Identities
The Pigmentocracy of Executive Approval
Overestimation of the Level of Democracy Among Citizens in Nondemocracies
Las Vidas Negras Importan
Electoral incentives and elite racial identification
Born Again French
Bolsonaro and the Black Vote
Ethnic quotas and political representation in Colombia
Racial classification as a multistate process
Race and class in rural Brazil.
Competitive ethnic relations
Facing Up to the American Dream
Boundaries of Contagion
Making Race and Nation
Traditional Politics and Regime Change in Brazil
National Colors
Rethinking Party Systems in the Third Wave of Democratization
The Rise of Ethnic Politics in Latin America
Becoming Black Political Subjects
Contesting Citizenship in Latin America
Race and Regionalism in the Politics of Taxation in Brazil and South Africa
Shades of Citizenship
From protest to politics
Ethnic groups and boundaries
Racism in a racial democracy
Citizenship and Social Class
Partisan Publics
Social Policy Expansion in Latin America
Routledge Handbook of Brazilian Politics
Census and Identity
Pigmentocracies
Exclusion by Elections
The Color of Love
Legacies of Race
Race in Another America
Black into White
Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa
Ballot Structure, Candidate Race, and Vote Choice in Brazil
Exit over Voice in Dominican Ethnoracial Politics
Perceptions of Racial Discrimination among Black Professionals in Rio De Janeiro
From "Racial Democracy" to Affirmative Action
How States Make Race
Candidate race and electoral outcomes
Declining Inequality in Latin America in the 2000s
Blacks and Whites in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1888-1988
Educational Inequality by Race in Brazil, 1982–2007
Is Parental Love Colorblind? Human Capital Accumulation within Mixed Families
Claiming the State
Identity in formation
Pigmentocracies
Racial Reclassification and Political Identity Formation
Documents, Please
Census Enumeration and Group Conflict
Race, Resources, and Representation
Statistical Analysis of List Experiments
Regions of Exception
Identities, Interests, and the Future of Political Science
Ethnic Parties and Democratic Stability
Multiracial versus Collective Black Categories
Group Membership, Group Identity, and Group Consciousness
Race, Immigration, and the Identity-to-Politics Link
Ethnic Competition and Modernization in Contemporary Africa
Divisões perigosas
Racial Representation and Brazilian Politics
De Brancos para Negros? Uma Análise Longitudinal da Reclassificação Racial no Enem 2010-2016
Does Money Whiten? Intergenerational Changes in Racial Classification in Brazil
Endogenous Race in Brazil
Estimating the stability of census-based racial/ethnic classifications
Educação superior no Brasil contemporâneo
The Making of Pro-life Activists
The Lost Constituency of Brazil's Black Movements
O paradoxo da mistura
Desigualdades raciais e políticas públicas
Campaign Strategies of Afro-Brazilian Politicians
Is It Race, Class, or Gender? The Sources of Perceived Discrimination in Brazil
Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970
A resurgence of black identity in Brazil? Evidence from an analysis of recent censuses
Who Is Black, White, or Mixed Race? How Skin Color, Status, and Nation Shape Racial Classification in Latin America
Understanding Latin American Beliefs about Racial Inequality
The Race Construct and Public Opinion
Remaking Racial Inclusion
Seeing whites
Inside the black box
Brazil in black and white? Race categories, the census, and the study of inequality
Ethnicity as cognition
Beyond 'identity
The social space and the genesis of groups
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |