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来源

URBAN EDUCATION,Vol.52,Issue6,P.775-794

语言

英文

关键字

race; ethnicity; adolescent; racial identity development; self-identification; ETHNIC-IDENTITY; HIGH-SCHOOL; SOCIAL-CONTEXT; LIVED RACE; STUDENTS

作者单位

[Harris, Bryn] Univ Colorado, Sch Psychol, Denver, CO 80202 USA. [Ravert, Russell D.] Univ Missouri, Human Dev & Family Studies, Columbia, MO USA. [Sullivan, Amanda L.] Univ Minnesota, Sch Psychol, Minneapolis, MN USA. Harris, B (reprint author), Univ Colorado, Sch Educ & Human Dev, POB 173364,Campus Box 106, Denver, CO 80217 USA. E-Mail: bryn.harris@ucdenver.edu

摘要

This mixed methods study focused on adolescents who rejected conventional singular racial/ethnic categorization by selecting multiple race/ethnicities or writing descriptions of Other racial/ethnic identities in response to a survey item asking them to identify their race/ethnicity. Written responses reflected eight distinct categories ranging from elaborative descriptions of conventional race categories to responses refusing the construct of race/ethnicity. Students' endorsement of multiple or Other ethnicities, and the resultant categories, differed by gender, grade, school type, and school compositions. Findings support scholars' concern that common conceptualizations of race may not capture the complexity of self-identified racial categories among youth.