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Redefining `Race' in North America

University of Massachusetts-Boston, USA, philip.kretsedemas{at}umb.edu

This article explores the changing form of white and black racial categories in North America. It argues that this transformation is being shaped by several, relatively distinct tendencies; including anti-immigrant sentiments, anti-black racism and the identity politics of racialized populations. The discussion focuses on two aspects of this transformation. First, the identity politics of Afro-Caribbean populations is used to illustrate how immigrant experiences contest and complicate the process of black racialization; second, the racialization of Latino populations is used to illustrate how normative definitions of whiteness are being redefined. The conclusion uses these examples to discuss the need for explanations of racial stratification that can account for multiple nodes of inclusion and exclusion.

Key Words: ethnic identity • race formation • racialization • racial stratification

Current Sociology, Vol. 56, No. 6, 826-844 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0011392108095341


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