Negotiating the Color Line

2002/08/01 by Kerry Ann Rockquemore, KERRY ANN ROCKQUEMORE · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #Critical Race Theory in Education #Gender Roles and Identity Studies #Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

paper · doi:10.1177/0891243202016004005

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Abstract

Using 16 in-depth interviews drawn from a larger sample of Black/white biracial individuals, this article explores how gender shapes the microlevel process of racial identity construction. Skin color stratification within the Black community, combined with a low rate of marriageable men and high rates of interracial marriages among the most educated and affluent Black men, has created a social context that differentiates the interactional experiences of biracial men and women. The findings highlight the need for more complex theoretical conceptualizations of how gender shapes the way that women negotiate their racial identities in post-Civil Rights America.

Citations

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