Table 3. Dominican Immigrants' Answers to Three Racial Self-identification Questions
Survey of Dominican immigrants in New York City and Providence*
|
| Responses |
How to you define yourself racially? (open-ended Q) |
Are you: white, black, or other? (if other, specify) (open-ended Q) |
How do you think most Americans classify you racially? |
|
Percent |
Percent |
Percent |
| Black |
6.6 |
16.8 |
36.9 |
| White |
3.8 |
11.6 |
6.4 |
| Hispano/a (Hispanic) |
27.5 |
21.1 |
30.4 |
| Latino/a |
4.1 |
2.8 |
3.2 |
| Indio/a |
13.1 |
18.8 |
4.0 |
| Dominicano/a |
12.8 |
2.0 |
0.2 |
| Mestizo/a |
4.7 |
8.0 |
1.0 |
| Trigueño/a |
4.1 |
4.5 |
2.0 |
| Moreno/a |
1.9 |
2.0 |
2.2 |
| Mulato/a |
0.3 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
| Indio Hispano/a |
4.1 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
| Black Hispano/a |
0.6 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
| White Hispano/a |
0.6 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
| Mixed Hispano/a |
0.6 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
| Latino-Americano/a |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
| Latino-Hispano/a |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
| Java-India claro/a |
0.3 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
| Amarillo/a (yellow) |
0.3 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
| Oscuro, prieto, de color |
0.3 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
| American |
0.6 |
0 |
0.5 |
| Puerto Rican |
0 |
0 |
0.2 |
| Human race,other |
6.9 |
1.5 |
0.7 |
| Does not know |
5.0 |
1.3 |
6.9 |
|
Source: Itzigsohn, José. 2004. "The Formation of Latino and Latina Panethnic Identities." Pp. 197-216 in Not Just Black and White: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States, edited by Nancy Foner and George Frederickson. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Note: *N=418
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