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Feb 5, 2013 · The study of nationalism has largely been shaped by political science, sociology and history, and has focused on the conditions under which nationalism emerges. National literature became not merely an expression of the nation's character but also evidence of the nation's merit and even legitimacy. Type. Chapter. Information.
- Julia M. Wright
- 2013
Proponents of primordialism, ethnosymbolism, and modernism, the three most influential perspectives in the literature, have argued extensively about the content and origin of nationalism.
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Introduction. On the surface, race appears as a simple category to quantify—the color of one’s skin, the box one circles on the census, even the percentage that appears on an at-home DNA testing kit. But the reality of one’s racial identity is hardly objective.
- General Guidance Updated
- Alaska Native (Aleuts, Eskimos, Indians of Alaska), Alaskan
- Asian, Asian American
- BIPOC New
- Biracial, Multiracial, of Mixed Race
- Black and African American
- Latino/a, Latinx, Latine Updated
- Hispanic
- Chicano Or Chicana
- Middle East, Mena, Arab Americans
AP Stylebook: Race-related coverage(link is external) Avoid using Black and White as standalone nouns. Instead of Blacks, use Black people, etc. Capitalize all references to race, including White. This is a divergence from AP style. Writing white in the lowercase could give the impression that it is the default, neutral, or a standard. The capital ...
An Alaska Native (not AlaskanNative) is a person whose origins are in any of the original peoples of Alaska and who maintains cultural identification through Tribal affiliation or community attachment. An Alaskan is anyone who was born in Alaska or who is a long-term resident of Alaska.
A person whose origins are in any of the original populations of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, Bangladesh, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Do not use the word oriental. Use specific terms whenever possible. If race is pertinent to t...
BIPOC stands for Black, Indigenous, people of color. It is a U.S. term intended to center the experiences of Black and Indigenous people and demonstrate solidarity between communities of color. Some argue that the term can also blur the differences between the two groups it is meant to center. Always use specific racial terms (e.g., Black or Indige...
A person who has parents or ancestors of different racial backgrounds. Some consider using mixed alone to be stigmatizing, while others claim the term positively. Mixed raceis used frequently in academia and elsewhere, though some say it has stigmatizing potential.
An African American is a person whose origins are in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. If appropriate, specific terms such as Kenyanor Nigerian may also be used. Black is broader and more inclusive than African American; someone within your target audience could be born in Jamaica and live in the U.S. and identify as Black but not African A...
A person whose origins are in Latin America, including Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South America, or Central America. If appropriate, specific terms such as Brazilian or Honduran may also be used. Latino is reserved for men and Latina for women. The plural Latinas is for a group of women and Latinos is for a group of men. A mixed gender group of Lat...
A person descended from Spanish-speaking populations. People who identify their origin as Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish may be of any race. Most people with origins in Brazil are considered Latino but not Hispanic because most Brazilians speak Portuguese. Similarly, Spanish people may be considered Hispanic but not Latino. Because the terms are vagu...
Chicano refers to “Mexican Americans in the U.S. Southwest.” The Diversity Style Guide(link is external)points out that the terms Chicano and Chicana were originally derogatory, but they were reclaimed “in response to discrimination against Mexican Americans working under unfair labor and social conditions.” Chicano/a is a chosen identity; only use...
AP Style Guide: Middle East(link is external) When writing about people of Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) descent, allowing individuals to self-identify is best. State the nation of origin (e.g., Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel) when possible. In some cases, people of MENA descent who claim Arab ancestry and reside in the United States m...
Race as a categorizing term referring to human beings was first used in the English language in the late 16th century. Until the 18th century it had a generalized meaning similar to other classifying terms such as type, sort, or kind. Occasional literature of Shakespeare’s time referred to a “race of saints” or “a race of bishops.”
Abstract. The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw the gradual formation of discourses on identity which linked together the concepts of race, nation, a.
How was the evolution of race connected with the rise of commerce and capitalism? How were racial categorizations merged into law? How did the revolutionary ideas of equality and rights of man also harden ideas of race?
