The blurring of racial lines won't save America. Why 'racial fluidity' is a con (Video)
The blurring of racial lines won't save America. Why 'racial fluidity' is a con (Video)
- March 4, 2018
- Andrew Penner, sociology, on CNN, March 4, 2018
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"Even when people can choose their own race or can move across racial boundaries, that doesn't mean that race stops mattering," says [Andrew] Penner, a sociologist at the University of California, Irvine. "The hierarchy can maintain itself by reclassifying people but keep the stereotypes in place."
For the full story, please visit https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/02/us/racial-fluidity/index.html.
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