Racial Fluidity and Inequality in the United States1

摘要: The authors link the literature on racial fluidity and inequality in United States offer new evidence of reciprocal relationship between two processes. Using decades longitudinal data from a national survey, they demonstrate that not only does an individual’s race change over time, it changes response to myriad social position, patterns are similar for both self-identification classification by others. These findings suggest that, contemporary States, microlevel serves reinforce existing disparities redefining successful or high-status people as white (or black) unsuccessful low-status black white). Thus, differences input output stratification processes; this has implications theorizing measuring research, well crafting policies attempt address racialized inequality.