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  • Black Is, Black Ain’t: Biracials, Middle-Class Blacks, and the Social Construction of Blackness

    Black Is, Black Ain’t: Biracials, Middle-Class Blacks, and the Social Construction of Blackness Sociological Spectrum Volume 30,  Issue 6, 2010 pages 639-670 DOI: 10.1080/02732173.2010.510057 Cherise A. Harris, Associate Professor of Sociology Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut Nikki Khanna, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Vermont Several scholars claim that group cohesion among black Americans is…

  • Black Is, Black Ain’t: Biracials, Middle-Class Blacks, and the Meaning of “The Black Community”

    Black Is, Black Ain’t: Biracials, Middle-Class Blacks, and the Meaning of “The Black Community” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Hilton San Francisco San Francisco, California 2009-08-09 46 pages Cherise A. Harris, Assistant Professor of Sociology Connecticut College Nikki Khanna Sherwin, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Vermont…

  • Teaching Race as a Social Construction: Two Interactive Class Exercises

    Teaching Race as a Social Construction: Two Interactive Class Exercises Teaching Sociology Volume 37, Number 4 (October 2009) Pages 369-378 Nikki Khanna, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Vermont Cherise A. Harris, Assistant Professor of Sociology Connecticut College This paper offers two interactive exercises to teach students about race as a social construction. In the…