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THE ROLE OF SKIN TONE ON CANDIDATE EVALUATION:
AN ANALYSIS OF RACIAL SOCIALIZATION AMONG LATINO
IMMIGRANTS
by
Lisa S. Ybarra
__________________________________________________________________
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)
December 2009
Copyright 2009 Lisa S. Ybarra
Object Description
| Title | The role of skin tone on candidate evaluation: an analysis of racial socialization among Latino immigrants |
| Author | Ybarra, Lisa S. |
| Author email | lsybarra@usc.edu; Lybarra83@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Politics & International Relations |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-10-30 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-11-17 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Crigler, Ann |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Wong, Janelle Musso, Juliet |
| Abstract | This master’s thesis explores the relationship between early racial socialization and racial attitudes among Latino immigrants residing in the United States. With increasing levels of Latino migration into the U.S., the traditional black-white color divide has been challenged and complicated by this multifaceted racial/ethnic grouping. I assess whether early racial socialization based on skin tone persists after migration to the U.S. My interest is in the realm of politics. Many scholars have noted that socialization related to racial hierarchies differs in Latin America from the U.S. Unlike in the U.S., where the “one-drop” rule has long prevailed, skin tone and not black ancestry is an important indicator of identity and social position. I first discuss the foundations for these two cultural views of skin tone. Secondly, I review the controversy about the two competing theories of skin tone that are related to U.S. and Latin American racial discourse. Third, I offer a way to test which theory is more appropriate in the changing U.S. population by looking at the relationship between early racial socialization and candidate evaluation. I ask the question of whether early racial socialization in Latin America, based on skin tone, persists through continued use of the skin tone hierarchy toward candidate evaluation in the U.S. Lastly, I discuss additional policy and/or political implications for findings derived from such a study. |
| Keyword | Latinos; race; ethnicity; immigration; candidate evaluation |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Geographic subject (region) | Latin America |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2743 |
| Rights | Ybarra, Lisa S. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Ybarra-3378 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume48/etd-Ybarra-3378.pdf |
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| Full text | THE ROLE OF SKIN TONE ON CANDIDATE EVALUATION: AN ANALYSIS OF RACIAL SOCIALIZATION AMONG LATINO IMMIGRANTS by Lisa S. Ybarra __________________________________________________________________ A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS) December 2009 Copyright 2009 Lisa S. Ybarra |
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