The diversity paradox [electronic resource] : immigration and the color line in twenty-first century America / Jennifer Lee and Frank D. Bean.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee, Jennifer, 1968-
Other Authors: Bean, Frank D.
Language:English
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2010.
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Variant Title:
The Diversity Paradox: Immigration and the Color Line in Twenty-First Century America
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Pt. I. Historical background, theoretical framework, and sociodemographic context.
  • Introduction : immigration and the color line in America
  • Theoretical perspectives on color lines in the United States
  • What is this person's race? The census and the construction of racial categories
  • Immigration and the geography of the new ethnoracial diversity / with James D. Bachmeier and Zoya Gubernskaya
  • Pt. II. Individual experiences of diversity : from multiraciality to multiracial identification.
  • The cultural boundaries of ethnoracial status and intermarriage
  • What about the children? Interracial families and ethnoracial identification
  • Who is multiracial? The cultural reproduction of the one-drop rule
  • From racial to ethnic status : claiming ethnicity through culture
  • Pt. III. The empirical and policy significance of diversity : generalization and paradox.
  • Ethnoracial diversity, minority-group threat, and boundary dissolution : clarifying the diversity paradox / with James D. Bachmeier
  • Conclusion : the diversity paradox and beyond (Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose)