What is it about?
Discussions on Latino/a students treat racial/ethnic identification as static, despite skin color variation. This article provides findings of a qualitative study into how Mexican high school students discuss their racial and ethnic identity in relation to their skin color.
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Why is it important?
This article is unique in its treatment of how skin color difference within Latino/a affiliated groups operates in the day-to-day interpretations of opportunity.
Perspectives
The Latina/o studies field has minimally explored the significance and impact of skin color variation. The intention of this article is to interject other dynamics of marginalization being experienced by various Latino/a affiliated groups.
Dr. Edward Fergus
New York University
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This page is a summary of: “Because I’m Light Skin . . . They Think I’m Italian”, Urban Education, April 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0042085916666931.
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