Socio-Psychological Processes in Racial Identity Formation: A Case Study of the Autobiographies of African American and Latino/a Activists.

This essay explores the social-psychological processes of racial identity formation. As a result of an analysis of the autobiographies of African American and Latino/a activists, a distinct trajectory in the development of racial identity around three sources of racial knowledge is proposed: (1) kin...

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Publicado en:	Humanity & Society Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 185 - 206
Autor principal:	White, Monica M.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Association for Humanist Sociology August 2009
Materias:	Autobiography Racial identity of Black people Ethnic identity of Hispanic Americans Activists Group identity Identification (Psychology)
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Sumario:	This essay explores the social-psychological processes of racial identity formation. As a result of an analysis of the autobiographies of African American and Latino/a activists, a distinct trajectory in the development of racial identity around three sources of racial knowledge is proposed: (1) kinship networks; (2) hegemonic influences; and (3) direct experience. These findings suggest a fluid, complex process of racial identity formation contrary to assumptions that racial formation is fixed, static and formulaic. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.