Date of Award
5-2019
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Social Responsibility: M.S.
First Advisor
Jiping Zuo
Second Advisor
Ajay Panicker
Third Advisor
Tamrat Tademe
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
race, identity, relationships, immigration, community
Abstract
This study explores how Latinxs understand their racial identity and how colorism emerges, develops and evolves in the lives of Latinxs. We want to look into how racial identity affects race and color perceptions and relationships in the community. Data in this study came from 10 individuals who participated through in-person interviews or submitted a paper survey between March 2018 and March 2019. The patterns that emerged in this research demonstrate a challenge and confusion to Latinx racial identity. Familial influence is a way that colorism and racial identity is formed and understood. Colonial history of Latinxs is also discussed as a mechanism that continues to uphold colorism in the Latinx community. The limitations of the study were also discussed.
Recommended Citation
Alvarez, Frida, "Mestizo, Negro, Blanco—What Does it Mean? Racism and Colorism’s Effects in the Latinx Community" (2019). Culminating Projects in Social Responsibility. 18.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/socresp_etds/18
