The pot that called the kettle white
Changing racial identities and U.S. social construction of race
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7802200 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Norberto Valdez (Colorado State University, corresponding author), Janice Valdez (Colorado State University) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 379-413 |
| Publication date | 1998-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1070-289X • E-ISSN: 1547-3384 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1070289x.1998.9962622 |
| OpenAlex | W2001249809 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 38 |
Ethnic and racial identities are deeply enmeshed in broader social processes of change. While ethnicity and race are important factors in consciousness and behavior, they are profoundly affected by the material conditions of life. Conceptually, ethnicity and race are often reified and essentialized, that is, they are attributed qualities that presumably give them independent explanatory power. This study analyzes primary sources to trace how descendants of freed slaves in colonial Virginia emerged as three apparently distinct racial populations. Factors such as national formation, the rise of slavery, and racial typologies all contributed to a restrictive social structure. Yet some individuals and families negotiated aspects of their racial identities through intermarriage, migration, legal processes, and revised genealogies in the search for opportunity. This study attempts to demystify thinking about race and ethnicity by revealing the social forces that influence the form and content of racial and ethnic identity. Key words: Free ColoredSocial ConstructionRace ClassificationMigrationEthnicity
Aesthetics · Art · Consciousness · Ethnic group · Identity (music · Power (physics · Race (biology · Racial formation theory · Social constructionism · Social science · Sociology · White (mutation · Anthropology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society
Race, racism, and American law
Slaves without masters
White by Law
Who is black?
White by Definition
Africans and Native Americans
New people
Portraits of White Racism
Playing in the dark
The Free Negro in Virginia. 1619 to 1865
The Free Negro in North Carolina, 1790-1860
African Americans in the Colonial Era
Marxism, Ideology and Literature
Race in North America
The Racial Contract
White Women, Race Matters
Myths, Intellectuals, and Race/Class/Gender Distinctions in the Formation of Latin American Nations
A Geographic Analysis of White-Negro-Indian Racial Mixtures in Eastern United States
A World in Shadow
Myne Owne Ground
African Americans in the Colonial Era
White Over Black
Roots of American Racism
Race Relations in Virginia and Miscegenation in the South 1776-1860
Imagined communities
Critical race theory
Miscegenation Law, Court Cases, and Ideologies of "Race" in Twentieth-Century America
Roots of Oppression
Myne Owne Ground
Black New Orleans, 1860-1880
Pocahontas's People
The Melungeons
Imagined Communities. Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
Making Meaning of Whiteness
Establishing the Fact of Whiteness
Racial classifications in the US census
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,35 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2023 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |