ethnorace

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noun

An ethnoracial group, a group which may function as either an ethnic group or a racial group, or which has elements of both.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounethnorace (plural ethnoraces)

plural ethnoraces

  1. An ethnoracial group, a group which may function as either an ethnic group or a racial group, or which has elements of both.

    This assertion of course hinges on the erotic nature of ethnorace as experienced not only in relation to other ethnoraces but also, and more importantly, in relation to one's own. This is exactly the contribution this chapter has sought to offer.

    2005, Manolo Guzmán, Gay Hegemony/ Latino Homosexualites, Routledge, →ISBN
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    While in previous works I also called for viewing Latinos as a race, a deeper analysis of my data suggests that ethnorace may be a more fitting concept for describing Latino millennials' self-understandings of their place in the U.S. racial [taxonomy].

    2017, Nilda Flores-González, Citizens But Not Americans: Race and Belonging Among Latino Millennials, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 57

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Chicago

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