Race Cognizance and Colorblindness: Effects of Latino/Non-Hispanic White Intermarriage
| dc.contributor.author | Vasquez-Tokos, Jessica | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-22T22:13:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-01-22T22:13:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Latino racial/ethnic intermarriage has grown over time, increases with each generation in the United States, and occurs most frequently with non-Hispanic Whites. This article answers the question: How does intermarriage change racial/ethnic consciousness for both partners? Drawing on in-depth interviews with thirty intermarried Latinos and non-Hispanic Whites, I critique assimilation, Whiteness, and colorblindness theories, finding two predominant racial consciousness outcomes of intermarriage: race cognizance and racial colorblindness. First, intermarriage can enhance Whites’ understanding of race/ethnicity and racism, a phenomenon I call race cognizance. Second, intermarriage can produce colorblind discourse that focuses on similarity, yet in ways inconsistent with colorblind racism. Racial consciousness varies by ethnicity: most intermarried Whites reported race cognizance, an outcome unforeseen by traditional theories of integration, whereas Latinos more often espoused colorblindness. These understandings are used in different contexts: race cognizance is stimulated by the public domain, whereas colorblindness is evoked in private space. These findings demonstrate that racial consciousness is fluid, and influenced by intermarriage and ethnicity. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Vasquez JM. RACE COGNIZANCE AND COLORBLINDNESS: Effects of Latino/Non-Hispanic White Intermarriage. Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race. 2014;11(2):273-293. doi:10.1017/S1742058X14000174 | |
| dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5948-4244 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742058X14000174 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/30358 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0-US | |
| dc.subject | Intermarriage, Latinos, Whiteness, Race, Assimilation, Racial Attitudes, Colorblindness | |
| dc.title | Race Cognizance and Colorblindness: Effects of Latino/Non-Hispanic White Intermarriage | |
| dc.type | Article |