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I've Got a Story to Tell: Critical Race Theory, Whiteness and Narrative Constructions of Racial and Ethnic Census Categories

LeFlore-Munoz, Candice J.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1288549971

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2010, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Communication Studies.
This study examines the embedded nature of whiteness in the use of racial and ethnic categories on U.S. census forms. Specifically, this study focuses on people’s perceptions of racial and ethnic categories, how those categories have been historically used on U.S. census forms, and the relationship between this discourse on racial and ethnic categories and elements of whiteness. Like (Nobles, 2000), in this study, I argue that the rhetorical construction of race and ethnicity on census forms is not a trivial matter since the way that we structure these words and categories significantly influences how we understand them. Thus, this study practices critical rhetoric (McKerrow, 1989) and employs the use of critical race theory (Delgado & Stefanic, 2001) to investigate the relationship between the 20 counter narratives and the larger master narrative about racial and ethnic categorization in this country. Throughout this dissertation, I use Omi and Winant’s (1994) racial formation and racial projects to highlight several themes that emerge in the master narrative and counter narratives. By focusing on these themes, this analysis explores past, present, and future racial projects that may emerge in relation to the use of racial and ethnic categories on census forms and elements of whiteness.
Radhika Gajjala, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Charles Kanwischer (Other)
Michael Butterworth, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Lynda Dixon, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
245 p.
African Americans; American History; American Studies; Communication; Hispanic Americans; Language; Law; Native Americans
U.S. Census; critical rhetoric; critical race theory; whiteness; racial formation; race and ethnicity

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  • LeFlore-Munoz, C. J. (2010). I've Got a Story to Tell: Critical Race Theory, Whiteness and Narrative Constructions of Racial and Ethnic Census Categories [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1288549971

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • LeFlore-Munoz, Candice. I've Got a Story to Tell: Critical Race Theory, Whiteness and Narrative Constructions of Racial and Ethnic Census Categories. 2010. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1288549971.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • LeFlore-Munoz, Candice. "I've Got a Story to Tell: Critical Race Theory, Whiteness and Narrative Constructions of Racial and Ethnic Census Categories." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1288549971

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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