{"id":18227,"date":"2012-05-31T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=18227"},"modified":"2012-05-31T18:48:33","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T18:48:33","slug":"cape-verdean-identity-in-a-land-of-black-and-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=18227","title":{"rendered":"Cape Verdean identity in a land of Black and White"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1177\/1468796811419599\" target=\"_blank\">Cape Verdean identity in a land of Black and White<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/etn.sagepub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ethnicities<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/etn.sagepub.com\/content\/12\/3.toc\" target=\"_blank\">Volume 12, Number 3<\/a><br \/>\npages 354-379<br \/>\nDOI: <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1177\/1468796811419599\" target=\"_blank\">10.1177\/1468796811419599<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"mailto:fisher@soc.umass.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Gene A. Fisher<\/a><\/strong>, Professor Emerita of Sociology<br \/>\n<em>University of Massachusetts, Amherst<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/people.umass.edu\/smodel\/suzanne_model.index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Suzanne Model<\/a><\/strong>, Professor Emerita of Sociology<br \/>\n<em>University of Massachusetts, Amherst<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Verde\" target=\"_blank\">Cape Verde<\/a> is an island group off the African coast with a history of slavery. Its residents having both European and African ancestors, they consider themselves a mixed-race people. Residents of the United States, however, observe the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=3208\" target=\"_blank\">one-drop rule<\/a>: anyone with a perceptible trace of African blood is defined as Black. This difference motivates us to ask: how do Cape Verdean Americans answer questions about their racial identity? Strict assimilationists predict that, as they adapt to their new home, Cape Verdeans will identify less as mixed-race than as White or Black. Others suggest that the quality of race relations at the time immigrants arrive affects their identity. We test these ideas using data from the 2000 US Census and the American Community Survey. Our multivariate analysis shows that some, but not all, forms of assimilation increase the odds of identifying as Black. The odds of identifying as White, on the other hand, have little to do with assimilation. The timing of arrival also has a significant effect on racial identity, with Black gaining popularity among recent immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Read or purchase the article <a href=\"http:\/\/etn.sagepub.com\/content\/early\/2011\/11\/04\/1468796811419599.full.pdf+html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Verdean identity in a land of Black and White Ethnicities Volume 12, Number 3 pages 354-379 DOI: 10.1177\/1468796811419599 Gene A. Fisher, Professor Emerita of Sociology University of Massachusetts, Amherst Suzanne Model, Professor Emerita of Sociology University of Massachusetts, Amherst Cape Verde is an island group off the African coast with a history of slavery. 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