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DESCRIPTION:Racial Mobility: The Dynamics of Race and Inequality in the\nUn
 ited States\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nWhat is it that you know when you know someone’s
  race? Discussing\nthe specifics makes many Americans uncomfortable\, and 
 there is little agreement\non what researchers are trying to measure – ski
 n color\, ancestry\, geography\, culture\,\nidentity – with those race box
 es we regularly ask people to check on forms and\nin surveys. Nevertheless
 \, most studies of inequality in the United States assume\nthat a person’s
  race is an input into our stratification system: a static\,\nindividual a
 ttribute that is ascribed at birth and helps to explain who accrues\nadvan
 tages or disadvantages throughout life. Professor Saperstein’s work\ndemon
 strates instead that race is both multi-dimensional and malleable: how\nAm
 ericans see racial difference has been shaped by centuries of discriminati
 on\nand inequality\, so a person’s race does not simply pre-date their upw
 ard or\ndownward mobility\; how we perceive each other and identify oursel
 ves is also a result\nof those experiences. This “racial mobility” represe
 nts a vicious cycle between\nracial categorization and inequality that has
  important implications for both\ndata collection and public policy.&nbsp\
 ;Aliya Saperstein is an assistant professor of sociology at\nStanford Univ
 ersity whose research focuses on the conceptualization and\nmeasurement of
  race/ethnicity and sex/gender\, and their consequences for\nunderstanding
  social inequality. Her work has earned recognition from academic\njournal
 s\, research centers\, and professional associations in sociology and\ndem
 ography\, including the 2016 Early Achievement Award from the Population\n
 Association of America. Saperstein\, a former Visiting Scholar at the Russ
 ell Sage\nFoundation\, is currently completing a book manuscript on Racial
  Mobility.&nbsp\;This lecture is made possible through a generous gift fro
 m the Norman M. and Marsha Lee Berkman fund.  
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SUMMARY:State of Democracy Lecture: Aliya Saperstein
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><i>Racial Mobility: The Dynamics of Race an
 d Inequality in the\nUnited States</i>\n\n&nbsp\;\n</p><p><br></p><p>\nWha
 t is it that you know when you know someone’s race? Discussing\nthe specif
 ics makes many Americans uncomfortable\, and there is little agreement\non
  what researchers are trying to measure – skin color\, ancestry\, geograph
 y\, culture\,\nidentity – with those race boxes we regularly ask people to
  check on forms and\nin surveys. Nevertheless\, most studies of inequality
  in the United States assume\nthat a person’s race is an input into our st
 ratification system: a static\,\nindividual attribute that is ascribed at 
 birth and helps to explain who accrues\nadvantages or disadvantages throug
 hout life. Professor Saperstein’s work\ndemonstrates instead that race is 
 both multi-dimensional and malleable: how\nAmericans see racial difference
  has been shaped by centuries of discrimination\nand inequality\, so a per
 son’s race does not simply pre-date their upward or\ndownward mobility\; h
 ow we perceive each other and identify ourselves is also a result\nof thos
 e experiences. This “racial mobility” represents a vicious cycle between\n
 racial categorization and inequality that has important implications for b
 oth\ndata collection and public policy.&nbsp\;</p><p><br></p><p>Aliya Sape
 rstein is an assistant professor of sociology at\nStanford University whos
 e research focuses on the conceptualization and\nmeasurement of race/ethni
 city and sex/gender\, and their consequences for\nunderstanding social ine
 quality. Her work has earned recognition from academic\njournals\, researc
 h centers\, and professional associations in sociology and\ndemography\, i
 ncluding the 2016 Early Achievement Award from the Population\nAssociation
  of America. Saperstein\, a former Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage\nF
 oundation\, is currently completing a book manuscript on <i>Racial Mobilit
 y</i>.&nbsp\;<br><br></p><p><i><b>This lecture is made possible through a 
 generous gift from the Norman M. and Marsha Lee Berkman fund.</b></i> </p>
 <p> </p>
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