Race-shifting in the United States: Latinxs, skin tone, and ethnoracial alignments

Citation

Cobb, Ryon J.; Irizarry, Yasmiyn; & Monk, Ellis Prentis (2018). Race-shifting in the United States: Latinxs, skin tone, and ethnoracial alignments. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Philadelphia, PA.

Abstract

Building on prior research, the present study draws on data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to examine the role of perceived skin tone in shaping changes in racial self-identification among Latinxs as they transition from adolescence to adulthood. Consistent with the social whitening hypothesis, we hypothesize that darker skinned Latinxs will be more likely to identify as non-white and less likely to identify as White relative to their lighter skinned counterparts. Findings from our study suggest that while darker skin tone is associated with racial change among Latinxs, these changes are not consistently linear.

URL

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Keyword(s)

skin tone racial self-identification social whitening hypothesis

Reference Type

Conference proceeding

Book Title

Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association

Series Title

1470. DuBoisian Sociology: Critical Insights for Theorizing Race and Ethnicity

Author(s)

Cobb, Ryon J.
Irizarry, Yasmiyn
Monk, Ellis Prentis

Year Published

2018

City of Publication

Philadelphia, PA

Reference ID

8298