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  • National Colors: Racial Classification and the State in Latin America [Review]

    National Colors: Racial Classification and the State in Latin America [Review] Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Volume 3, Issue 1, (January 2017) pages 141-145 DOI: 10.1177/2332649216676789 Mark Q. Sawyer, Associate Professor of Political Science University of California, Los Angeles Mara Loveman, National Colors: Racial Classification and the State in Latin America. Oxford, UK: Oxford University…

  • Racial Democracy in the Americas: A Latin and U.S. Comparison

    Racial Democracy in the Americas: A Latin and U.S. Comparison Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology Volume 35, Number 6 (November 2004) pages 749-762 DOI: 10.1177/0022022104270118 Yesilernis Peña University of California, Los Angeles Jim Sidanius, Professor of Psychology Harvard University Mark Sawyer, Professor of Political Science University of California, Los Angeles The “racial democracy” (Iberian exceptionalism) thesis…

  • The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States

    “The Afro-Latin@ Reader” focuses attention on a large, vibrant, yet oddly invisible community in the United States: people of African descent from Latin America and the Caribbean.

  • Inclusionary Discrimination: Pigmentocracy and Patriotism in the Dominican Republic

    Inclusionary Discrimination: Pigmentocracy and Patriotism in the Dominican Republic Political Psychology Volume 22, Issue 4 (December 2001) pages 827–851 DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00264 Jim Sidanius, Professor of Psychology and African and African American Studies Harvard University Yesilernis Pena Mark Sawyer, Associate Professor of African American Studies and Political Science University of California, Los Angeles This study explored…