Hi all,
I am interested in studying ethnic group membership (e.g., Asian,
Black, Hispanic, White) as a marker of perceived societal status within
the U.S. I am looking for any research that studies ethnicity as a
continuum, rather than as a group of qualitatively distinct categories.
I have found lots of research that compares a single higher status
ethnic group (e.g., Whites) with a single lower status ethnic group
(e.g., Hispanics). Furthermore, I have found lots of research that
compares three or more ethnic groups by treating each group as a
qualitatively distinct category. I am looking for any research that
indicates that three or more ethnic groups are spread out along a
continuous measure of perceived societal status (or some other
continuous dimension), and that provides scores for each ethnic group
along the continuum.
Thanks for your time,
Lisa
Lisa M. Leslie
Doctoral Candidate
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
lleslie@psyc.umd.edu