An awareness of exclusion. The "brown-white" paradigm and its effects on racial self-identification among Mexican-Americans in San Antonio

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dc.contributor.advisorMarquez, Raquel
dc.contributor.authorValenzuela, Carlos
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRomo, Harriett
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBartkowski, John P.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-08T15:58:04Z
dc.date.available2024-03-08T15:58:04Z
dc.date.issued2010
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dc.description.abstractUsing Qualitative Data gathered from the Child & Adolescent Policy Research Institute/UTSA Mexico Center, based on a project funded by the Rockefeller foundation in 2002--2005, I explored the racial self-identification of Mexican-Americans in San Antonio. In this thesis, I sought to find the extent to which the historical context, specifically discrimination and negative stereotypes attributed to Mexican-Americans of the American Southwest fosters the idea of a "brown-white" divide in the United States. Generated themes suggested that the "brown-white" paradigm is a significant framework and offers sociological insight in studying Mexican-American race relations. Themes included: "When the choice is there...I'm Hispanic, I'm Mexican, I'm all of those things," Discrimination and Stereotypes: An Awareness of Exclusion, "Only a Hispanic, or Mexican-American would---not only understand, but maybe---be sensitive," and Cultural Identity Retention.
dc.description.departmentSociology
dc.format.extent109 pages
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.isbn9781124188713
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/5828
dc.languageen
dc.subject"brown-white" paradigm
dc.subjecthistorical-structural theory
dc.subjectidentification
dc.subjectmexican americans
dc.subjectqualitative
dc.subjectrace
dc.subject.classificationSociology
dc.subject.classificationEthnic studies
dc.subject.classificationHispanic American studies
dc.subject.classificationLatin American studies
dc.titleAn awareness of exclusion. The "brown-white" paradigm and its effects on racial self-identification among Mexican-Americans in San Antonio
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thesis.degree.departmentSociology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science

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