Latinos And The “Other Race” Option Transforming U.S. Concepts of-Race

Morales, Pablo Franquelo; Rodríguez, Clara E.

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“…Without a doubt, the current racial/ethnic shift in the U.S. population (Grieco & Cassidy, 2001) is producing a growing interest in the criminal sentencing experience of racial/ethnic groups other than Blacks and Whites (Muñoz & McMorris, in press;Steffensmeier & Demuth, 2001Hagan & Palloni, 1999). Moreover, the demographic phenomenon referred to as "The Browning of America" (Morales, 2001;Johnson et al, 1997) is occurring at unprecedented levels in areas not typically recognized for their racial/ethnic minority populations. The Midwest, for example, ranked second in total regional population according to 2000 U.S. census data, but had the least racial/ethnic diversity with Whites accounting for 85% of its total regional population (Grieco, 2001b).…”

Section: Contextualizing Criminal Justicementioning

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Racial/Ethnic Misdemeanor Sentencing Disparities

Muñoz

Sápp

2003

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

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Contextual discrimination, or the specific conditions under which judicial injustice manifests itself, has become an important concept for disentangling the complex interplay between legal and extralegal variables and their effects on sentencing outcomes. Previous studies show evidence for contextual discrimination in felony sentencing. This study provides evidence through descriptive and multivariate analyses of contextual discrimination in misdemeanor sentencing. Small, yet significant direct discrimination against non-Whites was observed. At the same time, the findings showed that Whites received more severe senDr. Ed A. Muñoz is a Criminal Justice Department faculty member and the Director of Chicano Studies at the University of Wyoming. In general, his research expertise deals with the Latin experience in the midwestern United States. His primary research is the investigation of racial/ethnic disparities in misdemeanor and felony sentencing decisions in rural Nebraska jurisdictions. Future projects include the investigation of how context and culture affect Mexican American family and individual physical and mental health.Stephen G. Sapp, PhD, is Associate Professor of Sociology at Iowa State University. He conducts research on community, gender issues, and risk theory. Recently, he has examined determinants of small business success in rural and urban areas and public responses to complex and controversial innovations. tences when convicted for more serious offenses. Several explanations for this finding are discussed as they relate to contextual discrimination. The findings indicate that more research is needed on the effects of contextual discrimination in felony and misdemeanor sentencing disparities.

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Section: Contextualizing Criminal Justicementioning

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Racial/Ethnic Misdemeanor Sentencing Disparities

Muñoz

Sápp

2003

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

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“…Although this category is not meant to be occupied by any distinct ethnic or racial group, the organization of the Hispanic origin and race questions on the census form causes a large number of Hispanics to choose none of the five racial categories provided (white, black or African-American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander) and instead to choose the ''some other race'' option. Morales and Rodríguez (2001) examined the ''some other race'' data from the 2000 census and identified a pattern in the ways that Hispanics responded: ''42% of Latinos identified themselves as 'other race,' and 97% of all respondents who declared themselves 'other race' were Latinos'' (p. 40). In the 2010 census, 37% of Hispanic respondents identified themselves as ''some other race'' (Ennis, Ríos-Vargas, & Albert, 2011), and ''less than 1 percent of non-Hispanics provided responses to the race question that were classified as Some Other Race alone (0.2 percent)'' (Humes, Jones, & Ramirez, 2011).…”

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The Double Occupancy of Hispanics

Pimentel

Balzhiser

2012

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

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This article presents a critical, new historical analysis of the 2010 U.S. Census form. The authors demonstrate that the Hispanic origin and race questions, as currently formulated, imply a ''double occupancy of Hispanics'' that serves a dual function: to simultaneously monitor the Hispanic population growth and inflate the white count by incorporating Hispanics into the white racial category. This double occupancy of Hispanics results in skewed data analyses that support specific political agendas and ultimately produce racial inequities.

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“…For example, 42% of Latinos identified themselves as "other race" on the 2000 U.S. census form (Morales, 2001). Latinos see race as a fluid concept involving culture and context (Rodríguez, 2000).…”

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Ethnoracism and the “Sandwiched” Minorities

Aranda

Rebollo-Gil

2004

American Behavioral Scientist

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Using case studies from interviews and focus groups, this article reconceptualizes the meaning of race and racism by examining how members of a multiracial group, Puerto Ricans, experience racism. The authors argue that the social construction of race involves ethnic and global factors such as national origin, culture, language, the historical relationship between colonial powers and their political subjects, and race. The totality of these factors amount to a racial matrix of domination resulting in ethnoracism. Findings suggest that within the current climate of "colorblind" racism, ethnoracism is the mechanism through which the current racial order will be maintained.

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Latinos And The “Other Race” Option Transforming U.S. Concepts of-Race

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Racial/Ethnic Misdemeanor Sentencing Disparities

Racial/Ethnic Misdemeanor Sentencing Disparities

The Double Occupancy of Hispanics

Ethnoracism and the “Sandwiched” Minorities

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