Race, Racialization, and Latino Populations in the United States

Bibliographic Data

ID23213678
AuthorsTomás Almaguer (corresponding author)
Year2012
Pages143-161
Publication date2012-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueRacial formation in the twenty-first century (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/california/9780520273436.003.0008
OpenAlexW4249519125
ISBN9780520273436
LanguageEN
Citations received12

This chapter examines how racial formation during the colonial era shapes patterns of racialization between and among Latino ethnic groups today. It first discusses the racialization of Latinos in the United States before assessing the conundrums of racial identity among the Latino population. It then considers the changing meaning of race and racial categories for Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans in relation to categories of gender, sexuality, and indigeneity. It argues that while Latinos do not fit neatly within American racial categories, they often “have far less trouble racializing one another,” as evidenced in the pejorative stereotyping that Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans often apply to each other's racial identities.

Ethnic group · Human sexuality · Identity (music) · Pejorative · Political science · Population · Race (biology) · Racial formation theory · Racialization · Sociology · Anthropology · Demography · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies

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