“My Eyes Were Opened to the Lack of Diversity in Our Best Schools”: Re-Conceptualizing Competitive School Choice Policy as a Racial Formation
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DOI: 10.1007/s11256-017-0415-z
Abstract: This article documents minority youth sense-making around the concept of diversity and the founding of a youth activist group that seeks spaces for policy thinking and protesting against racial inequalities in selective enrollment schools. Utilizing… read more here.
Keywords: policy; diversity; racial formation; choice policy ... See more keywords
Climate Transformation, Racial De/Formation, Guyana
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DOI: 10.1086/724598
Abstract: Sarah Vaughn’s Engineering Vulnerability: In Pursuit of Climate Adaptation is a vital contribution to anthropological conversations about how climate transformation is contouring everyday and infrastructural life—particularly in postcolonial places, where the built environment may layer… read more here.
Keywords: adaptation; climate; guyana; race ... See more keywords
Racial Oppression and Racial Projects in Consumer Markets: A Racial Formation Theory Approach
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DOI: 10.1093/jcr/ucab050
Abstract: The dominant theoretical approach to exploring ethnic and racial inequality in marketing and consumer research focuses on discrete acts of discrimination that stem from social psychological causes (e.g., prejudice, stereotypes, and negative racial attitudes). It… read more here.
Keywords: racial oppression; racial formation; consumer; approach ... See more keywords