Scaling proximity to whiteness: Racial boundary-making on São Tomé Island

Bouchard, Marie-Ève

doi:10.1177/1466138120967373

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“…Non-White people who have access to some privileges of Whiteness may be described as having proximity to Whiteness. Proximity to Whiteness explains how those who are not White may still be perceived as higher in status than other people of color (but not equal in status to White people) because of identities or traits they hold that allow them to access some perks of White privilege (Bouchard, 2020). For example, appearance may cue proximity to Whiteness.…”

Section: Proximity To Whiteness and Racial Ancestrymentioning

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The Maintenance of the U.S. Racial Hierarchy Through Judgments of Multiracial People Based on Proximity to Whiteness

Garay

Perry

Remedios

2022

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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Previous research has argued that a growing multiracial population will blur boundaries between racial groups, reducing racism and improving interracial relations. However, this is unlikely to happen if multiracial groups are judged according to their proximity to Whiteness. We examined how having White ancestry shapes status perceptions of multiracial groups. Studies 1 and 2 showed that multiracial groups with White ancestry (e.g., Black/White) are considered higher status than dual minority multiracial (e.g., Black/Latinx) and monoracial minority (e.g., Black) groups. Study 3 revealed that multiracial groups with White ancestry are perceived as more competent and warmer than monoracial minority and dual minority multiracial groups, leading to higher status perceptions for multiracial groups with White ancestry. Thus, multiracial people, like other racial minorities, may be judged according to White, Eurocentric standards. The results imply that, without anti-racist intervention, the treatment of multiracial people will reinforce, rather than challenge, the existing racial hierarchy.

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Section: Proximity To Whiteness and Racial Ancestrymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Maintenance of the U.S. Racial Hierarchy Through Judgments of Multiracial People Based on Proximity to Whiteness

Garay

Perry

Remedios

2022

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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The vitality of Angolar

Bouchard

2022

JPCL

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This article examines Santomeans’ attitudes toward Angolares, a minority creole-speaking community descendant of maroons on São Tomé Island, and their language. The status of Angolar varies from vigorous to shifting, depending on the source, and according to Maurer (2013), it is unclear whether Angolar is being passed on to new generations. In this article, it is argued that Angolares are shifting toward Portuguese, a process that has already commenced among Santomeans living in the capital. Since prevailing attitudes regarding a language are important for its use and maintenance, this study investigates the transmission of attitudes, beliefs and stereotypes as a possible explanation for the actual shift toward Portuguese in the country. Based on ethnography, analysis of interview excerpts, and questionnaires, an account of the attitudes held by Santomeans is provided, showing how different attitudes toward Angolares are intertwined and point toward rural, creole-speaking Angolares as being the lowest on the social scale of the island. This article demonstrates how attitudes held by Forros, the dominant ethnolinguistic group on São Tomé Island, as well as by Angolares themselves, may negatively impact the maintenance of Angolar Creole.

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Racialised Teaching of English Language in South Korea: Voices of University ELT teachers

Lee

Chan

2022

Language, Culture and Curriculum

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Scaling proximity to whiteness: Racial boundary-making on São Tomé Island

Cited by 3 publications

References 47 publications

The Maintenance of the U.S. Racial Hierarchy Through Judgments of Multiracial People Based on Proximity to Whiteness

The Maintenance of the U.S. Racial Hierarchy Through Judgments of Multiracial People Based on Proximity to Whiteness

The vitality of Angolar

Racialised Teaching of English Language in South Korea: Voices of University ELT teachers

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