Tag: Symbolic Interaction

  • Ethnic Identity Among Mixed-Heritage People In Hawaii Symbolic Interaction Volume 14, Number 3 (Fall 1991) Pages 261–277 DOI 10.1525/si.1991.14.3.261 Cookie White Stephan, Emeritus Professor of Sociology New Mexico State University In this study, intensive interviews were used to explore the identity of a sample of mixed-heritage Hawaiian college students from a variety of ethnic groups. The…

  • 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…