Stephanie Duman, assistant professor of sociology, recently published an article in Ethnic and Racial Studies about the politics of social status among Puerto Ricans.
“’Am I not a pure Puerto Rican?” “Racialization, Status Politics, and Intragroup Tensions in Puerto Rico” explores social Exploring the importance of understanding the involvement of status in politics.
Dorman’s research with a group of Puerto Ricans who immigrated to Florida from the Northeast and Puerto Rico showed that there were intragroup tensions in the areas of language, status, and culture.
“The group’s experiences with racial discrimination in their home communities prior to their arrival and their interactions with Florida’s white co-residents shaped the expectations they held in these arenas and their subsequent social status.” It affects how we do things,” Dorman said. Said.
Assuming that groups are united based on a shared ethnic identity is not necessarily accurate and depends on the prior experiences of individuals within the group. “As immigration to the United States increases among many groups, understanding tensions within groups becomes increasingly important, especially when integration is the goal,” Duman said. spoke.
