essay
Placing race in context
Ethnic and racial studies • 15 • Published In 1992 • Pages: 523-542
By: Rodríguez, Clara E., Cordero-Guzman, Hector.
Abstract
This is a study of racial responses in the 1980 US census and racial self-identification among 240 randomly selected Puerto Rican travelers in a New York City airport. In the 1980 census, 52 percent of Puerto Ricans living in New York City checked the category 'other' and wrote in a Spanish descriptor when asked to identify themselves racially, 44 percent said that they were 'white,' and 3.9 percent said that they were 'black.' The authors' found that very few of the travelers used conventional US racial terms when asked to identify themselves racially. The authors also found that the longer the travelers lived in the United States the less likely they identified themselves as 'white.' Puerto Ricans do not divide US culture into White and Black races.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Sociologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field Date
- 1989
- Coverage Date
- 1980-1989
- Coverage Place
- New York, N.Y., United States
- Notes
- Clara Rodríguez and Hector Cordero-Guzman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 540-541)
- LCCN
- 79641700
- LCSH
- Puerto Ricans--United States