With the explosion of genetic ancestry testing, more and more Americans are connecting with new parts of their ethno-racial identities. But does a White suburban New Yorker finding out they are 4% Cherokee make them Indigenous? If they believe it does, what are the implications for our everyday understandings of racial identity? A new article […]| Articles – Contexts
How do online interactions mirror societal norms? A recent Social Psychology Quarterly article reveals that even those online spaces that are collectively supportive against racism and sexism are rife with the sorts of limiting societal expectations imposed on racialized women in the offline world. Using interview data from 18 Black and Asian women, Paulina d.C. […]| Articles – Contexts
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Media coverage of race and higher education in the United States often portrays Asian American and White families as competing for limited seats at prestigious institutions. What happens, though, when it’s time for those admitted students to go to school? New research aims to untangle patterns in these families’ college spending. The study, published by […]| Articles – Contexts
Sex sells, the old marketing adage goes, but who is buying? Many assume that commercial sex is purchased by men, from women. However, new research published in the British Journal of Sociology sheds light on sexual transactions in which the traditional gender script is flipped—when sex is purchased by women from male sex workers. To […]| Articles – Contexts
Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers.| Contexts
Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers.| Contexts
Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers.| Contexts