Journal article
The Shade of a Criminal Record: Colorism, Incarceration, and External Racial Classification
Socius : sociological research for a dynamic world, Vol.3, p.237802311668956
12/2017
DOI: 10.1177/2378023116689567
Abstract
Recent high-profile research suggests that social indicators like incarceration influence racial categorization. Yet, this research has largely ignored colorism—intraracial differences in skin tone that matter for stratification outcomes. In two experiments, we address how skin tone interacts with criminal background to produce external racial classification and skin tone attributions. We find no evidence that criminal history affects external racial classification or skin tone attribution. However, we find that skin tone is a strong and consistent predictor of external racial classification and skin tone attribution.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Shade of a Criminal Record: Colorism, Incarceration, and External Racial Classification
- Creators
- Steven L Foy - The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyVictor Ray - University of TennesseeAshley Hummel - The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Socius : sociological research for a dynamic world, Vol.3, p.237802311668956
- DOI
- 10.1177/2378023116689567
- ISSN
- 2378-0231
- eISSN
- 2378-0231
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2017
- Academic Unit
- African American Studies; Sociology and Criminology
- Record Identifier
- 9984201259502771
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