The Diversity Contract: Constructing Racial Harmony in a Diverse American Suburb
The Diversity Contract: Constructing Racial Harmony in a Diverse American Suburb
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多元化契约：在多元化的美国郊区构建种族和谐
DOI：
10.1086/714499
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Douds, Kiara Wyndham
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作者：
Douds, Kiara Wyndham
尽管理论家认为意识形态和物质条件是相互关联的，但种族意识形态和地方之间的联系却没有得到充分的理论化。通过分析对德克萨斯州本德堡县一个种族多元化郊区居民的深入采访，作者发现了一种当地的种族意识形态，他们称之为多元化契约。与需要避免种族谈论的色盲相反，居民表现出选择性参与：出于某些目的（包括庆祝多样性）承认种族，但不允许承认社区中的种族不平等。通过多元化契约，居民共同构建种族和谐的表象。作者推测这种意识形态出现在高度选择性、社会经济同质化的多元化郊区，并通过纽约皇后县的比较访谈找到了对该理论的初步支持。总体而言，研究结果表明，地方应该集中在种族意识形态的分析中，并说明种族不平等是如何通过不同的地方背景下的不同意识形态来维护的。
Although theorists argue that ideology and material conditions emerge in relation to one another, the connection between racial ideology and place is undertheorized. Analyzing in-depth interviews () with residents of a racially diverse suburb—Fort Bend County, Texas—the author uncovers a local racial ideology that they term thediversity contract. In contrast to colorblindness, which requires avoidance of race talk, residents exhibit selective engagement: race is recognized for certain purposes—including to celebrate diversity—but recognition of racial inequality in the community is disallowed. Through the diversity contract, residents co-construct the appearance of racial harmony. The author theorizes that this ideology emerges in highly selective, socioeconomically homogeneous diverse suburbs and finds preliminary support for this theory through comparative interviews in Queens County, New York (). Overall, findings suggest that place should be centralized in analyses of racial ideology and illustrate how racial inequality is upheld through different ideologies across varying local contexts.