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