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How Can I Trust You if You Don’t Know Who You Are? The Consequences of a Fluid Identity on Cross-Racial Organizing between African American Women and Latinas in Atlanta

Name: How Can I Trust You if You Don’t Know Who You Are? The Consequences of a Fluid Identity on Cross-Racial Organizing between African American Women and Latinas in Atlanta
Creator: Belisa González
Keywords: trust, African Americans and Latinas/os, race, Social sciences (General), H1-99, cross-racial organizing, identity

Belisa González;

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Published: 01 Apr 2016 Journal: Societies (issn: 2075-4698,

Publisher: MDPI AG

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Abstract

Scholarship in the area of cross-racial organizing between Latina/o and African Americans has increased substantially over the past ten years. Within that literature, scholars have identified many reasons why cross-racial coalitions both succeed and fail. Among the factors most often cited is the issue of trust. Despite the recognition of the crucial role trust plays in cross-racial organizing, little attention has been paid to what contributes to actually building trust between African Americans and Latina/o. I argue that one factor contributing to the distrust of Latinas among African American women involved in cross-racial organizing in Atlanta is the perceiv...

doi: 10.3390/soc6020013

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mesheuropmc: behavior and behavior mechanismshumanitieshuman activitieshealth care economics and organizationssocial sciences

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