Tag: Debbie Storrs

  • Whiteness as Stigma: Essentialist Identity Work by Mixed-Race Women Symbolic Interaction Volume 22, Number 3 (1999) Pages 187–212 DOI 10.1525/si.1999.22.3.187 Debbie Storrs, Professor of Sociology University of Idaho Historically, in both the social sciences and the general public, racial mixing has been stigmatized. This stigmatization was fueled by whites’ desire to protect their racial privileges…

  • Mixed Messages: Multiracial Identities in the “Color-Blind” Era Lynne Rienner Publishers 2006 405 pages Hardcover: ISBN: 978-1-58826-372-8 Paperback: ISBN: 978-1-58826-398-8 Edited by David L. Brunsma, Professor of Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University The experiences and voices of multiracial individuals are challenging current categories of race, profoundly altering the meaning of racial identity and…