Omar is African American, but he is also a young, middle-cla…
Omar is African American, but he is also a young, middle-class college student who identifies as bisexual. Rather than thinking of any particular racial group as a monolithic category, scholars who take an intersectional approach pay attention to
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Consider a neighborhood that is 50 percent African American, 20 percent Hispanic, and 30 percent White. In this neighborhood, the political candidates for local office include three African Americans, three White people, and one Hispanic person. Residents in this neighborhood turn out to vote in higher rates than any other neighborhood in the city, with White residents most likely to support White candidates and oppose policies that support people of color within the neighborhood. What term is used to explain this phenomenon?
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