Ethnoracism and the "Sandwiched" Minorities

Bibliographic Data

ID3758599
AuthorsE Aranda (0000-0003-0524-7216, University of Miami, corresponding author), Elizabeth M Aranda (University of Miami), Guillermo Rebollo-Gil (University of Florida), Guillermo Rebollo‐gil (University of Florida)
Year2004
Volume47
Issue7
Pages910-927
Publication date2004-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764203261071
OpenAlexW1988991891
LanguageEN
Citations received41
References cited14

Using case studies from interviews and focus groups, this article reconceptualizes the meaning of race and racism by examining how members of a multiracial group, Puerto Ricans, experience racism. The authors argue that the social construction of race involves ethnic and global factors such as national origin, culture, language, the historical relationship between colonial powers and their political subjects, and race. The totality of these factors amount to a racial matrix of domination resulting in ethnoracism. Findings suggest that within the current climate of "colorblind" racism, ethnoracism is the mechanism through which the current racial order will be maintained

Ethnic group · Meaning (existential) · Political science · Politics · Psychometrics of racism · Race (biology) · Racism · Sociology · Anthropology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research