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Mexican Americans and the Question of Race

Mexican Americans and the Question of Race 569693 SREXXX10.1177/2332649215569693Sociology of Race and EthnicityBook Review book-review2015 Book Review Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 2015, Vol. 1(2) 336 –337 © American Sociological Association 2015 Mexican Americans and the sre.sagepub.com Question of Race Julie A. Dowling Mexican Americans and the Question of Race. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2014. 161 pp. $55.00. ISBN 978-0-292-75401-0 Reviewed by: Cassaundra Rodriguez, University of Massachusetts-Amherst DOI: 10.1177/2332649215569693 In a moment in which much has been speculated Texas man with a dark brown complexion, illus- about Latinos self-reporting as “white” on the U.S. trates this understanding of whiteness perfectly: decennial census, Dowling’s interview-based “I’m white ’cause I’m an American, right?” (p. 1). study, Mexican Americans and the Question of The racial ideology continuum comes to life most Race, is a timely contribution focusing on the com- vividly in chapters two and three, where readers dis- plexity (and sometimes disconnect) behind the cover in detail why Mexican Americans select “white” Mexican-origin population’s racial reporting and or “other race” on the U.S. census. Interviews with their actual experience of race. Engaging with the- Mexican American respondents that reported identify- ories of whiteness and racial ideology, one of the ing as “white” on the census often do http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Sociology of Race and Ethnicity SAGE

Mexican Americans and the Question of Race

Rodriguez, Cassaundra
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity , Volume 1 (2): 2 – Apr 1, 2015
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569693 SREXXX10.1177/2332649215569693Sociology of Race and EthnicityBook Review book-review2015 Book Review Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 2015, Vol. 1(2) 336 –337 © American Sociological Association 2015 Mexican Americans and the sre.sagepub.com Question of Race Julie A. Dowling Mexican Americans and the Question of Race. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2014. 161 pp. $55.00. ISBN 978-0-292-75401-0 Reviewed by: Cassaundra Rodriguez, University of Massachusetts-Amherst DOI: 10.1177/2332649215569693 In a moment in which much has been speculated Texas man with a dark brown complexion, illus- about Latinos self-reporting as “white” on the U.S. trates this understanding of whiteness perfectly: decennial census, Dowling’s interview-based “I’m white ’cause I’m an American, right?” (p. 1). study, Mexican Americans and the Question of The racial ideology continuum comes to life most Race, is a timely contribution focusing on the com- vividly in chapters two and three, where readers dis- plexity (and sometimes disconnect) behind the cover in detail why Mexican Americans select “white” Mexican-origin population’s racial reporting and or “other race” on the U.S. census. Interviews with their actual experience of race. Engaging with the- Mexican American respondents that reported identify- ories of whiteness and racial ideology, one of the ing as “white” on the census often do

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