{"title":"Constructing common ground: borderland experiences in America.","authors":"D. Wellman","doi":"10.1037//1099-9809.3.1.13","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Distinguishing among there different versions of diversity, the author provides an autobiographical account of a situation in which racial differences were treated as mutually enhancing resources. Drawing on additional historical and contemporary examples, he suggests that American social \"borderlands\" are sites that encourage and facilitate the flowering of inclusive, multidimensional identifies.","PeriodicalId":79483,"journal":{"name":"Cultural diversity and mental health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cultural diversity and mental health","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1037//1099-9809.3.1.13","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Distinguishing among there different versions of diversity, the author provides an autobiographical account of a situation in which racial differences were treated as mutually enhancing resources. Drawing on additional historical and contemporary examples, he suggests that American social "borderlands" are sites that encourage and facilitate the flowering of inclusive, multidimensional identifies.