Eileen O’brien
Biographic Data
| ID | 4194921 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eileen O’brien |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eileen |
| FAMILY NAME | O’brien |
| SIGNATURE | O’BRIEN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Saint Leo University |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-4154-9218 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
They Want Our Culture, Not Our Struggle
When it comes time to disagree that White male privilege exists, insisting race and gender equity is already achieved, deniers often point to prominent people of color in sports and entertainment industries. Famous figures like Oprah Winfrey, Beyonce Knowles, Jay-Z, and Lebron James may, with cursory glance, give impression that-even if fields like finance, technology, medicine, law, and politics have glass ceilings-the entertainment field provid…
The Racial Middle
The divide over race is usually framed as one over Black and White. Sociologist Eileen O’Brien is interested in that middle terrain, what sits in the ever-increasing gray area she dubbed the racial middle. The Racial Middle , tells the story of the other racial and ethnic groups in America, mainly Latinos and Asian Americans, two of the largest and fastest-growing minorities in the United States. Using dozens of in-depth interviews with people of…
It's the Message, Not the Messenger
We argue that due to the modern-day prevalence of colorblind racism, the impact of interracial contact on whites' racial consciousness is limited. By comparing two qualitative data sets of white antiracists and whites who have a close black friend, we find there are a good number of whites for whom relationships with people of color are not the prime impetus for becoming antiracist. Whites often bracket out their black friends from their limited …
Are we supposed to be colorblind or not? Competing frames used by whites against racism
Are we supposed to be colorblind or not? Competing frames used by whites against racism
It's the Message, Not the Messenger
We argue that due to the modern-day prevalence of colorblind racism, the impact of interracial contact on whites' racial consciousness is limited. By comparing two qualitative data sets of white antiracists and whites who have a close black friend, we find there are a good number of whites for whom relationships with people of color are not the prime impetus for becoming antiracist. Whites often bracket out their black friends from their limited …
Are we supposed to be colorblind or not? Competing frames used by whites against racism
It's the Message, Not the Messenger
We argue that due to the modern-day prevalence of colorblind racism, the impact of interracial contact on whites' racial consciousness is limited. By comparing two qualitative data sets of white antiracists and whites who have a close black friend, we find there are a good number of whites for whom relationships with people of color are not the prime impetus for becoming antiracist. Whites often bracket out their black friends from their limited …
The Racial Middle
The divide over race is usually framed as one over Black and White. Sociologist Eileen O’Brien is interested in that middle terrain, what sits in the ever-increasing gray area she dubbed the racial middle. The Racial Middle , tells the story of the other racial and ethnic groups in America, mainly Latinos and Asian Americans, two of the largest and fastest-growing minorities in the United States. Using dozens of in-depth interviews with people of…
They Want Our Culture, Not Our Struggle
When it comes time to disagree that White male privilege exists, insisting race and gender equity is already achieved, deniers often point to prominent people of color in sports and entertainment industries. Famous figures like Oprah Winfrey, Beyonce Knowles, Jay-Z, and Lebron James may, with cursory glance, give impression that-even if fields like finance, technology, medicine, law, and politics have glass ceilings-the entertainment field provid…
Gender Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Racism (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Race (biology) (2 works)