2021
DOI: 10.29333/ejecs/643
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Sociology of Multiracial Identity in the Late 1980s and Early 1990s: The Failure of a Perspective

Abstract: Sociologists largely failed to comprehend the emergence of multiracial identities in the United States during the late 1980s and early 1990s. This was due, in part, to hypodescent and the monoracial imperative. These social devices, respectively, categorize offspring of interracial unions between Whites and people of color based exclusively on the background of color, and necessitate single-racial identification. This has prohibited the articulation and recognition of multiracial identities. Hypodescent and th… Show more

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“…This coincides with the conclusions of this study, which discovered that educational and personal growth both help to foster a strong work ethic. Strengthening worship activities does, in fact, help to rekindle passion for work and education (Daniel, 2021).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This coincides with the conclusions of this study, which discovered that educational and personal growth both help to foster a strong work ethic. Strengthening worship activities does, in fact, help to rekindle passion for work and education (Daniel, 2021).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Instead, they shifted from the primary goal of integration to advocate egalitarian pluralism in the form of Chicano nationalism and Black nationalism based, respectively, on Brown Pride/Brown Power and Black Pride/Black Power. They envisioned African Americans and Mexican Americans as self-determining plural societies and cultures distinct and separate from, but also on equal footing with, European Americans (Daniel 2021).…”
Section: Conclusion Embracing Monoraciality Rearticulating Hypodescentmentioning
confidence: 99%