NEA presidential address: identity, markets, and persistent racial inequality

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NEA presidential address: identity, markets, and persistent racial inequality

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Mason, Patrick L.

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Patrick Leon Mason

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This paper contrasts competing theories and evidence on the nature and significance of African American racial identity. In particular, we seek to examine whether race is best understood as a set of values and behaviors or whether race is best understood as a social norm.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 11330.

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Date of creation: 2004
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Publication status: Published in NEA presidential address: identity, markets, and persistent racial inequality 1.32(2004): pp. 13-36
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- Patrick Mason, 2004. "Nea presidential address: Identity, markets, and persistent racial inequality," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer, vol. 32(1), pages 13-36, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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