Skin color and identity formation

perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation among Mexican and Puerto Rican youth

By Edward Fergus

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Publish Date

2004

Publisher

Routledge

Language

eng

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The focus of this study is on the ways in which skin colour moderates the perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation of seventeen Mexican and Puerto Rican high school students.

subjects: Mexican Americans, Case studies, Education (Secondary), Puerto Ricans, Mexican American youth, Race identity, Puerto Rican youth, Attitudes, High schools, Colorism, Human skin color

Places: Michigan, Detroit, United States