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Cultural Heterogeneity in Americans' Definitions of Racism, Sexism, and Classism: Results from a Mixed-Methods Study. 美国人对种族主义、性别主义和阶级主义定义中的文化异质性：一项混合方法研究的结果。

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American Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1086/733194

Lauren Valentino, Evangeline Warren

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Genetic Options and Constraints: A Randomized Controlled Trial on How Genetic Ancestry Tests Affect Ethnic and Racial Identities 基因选择与制约：遗传祖先测试如何影响民族和种族身份的随机对照试验

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American Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-11-21 DOI: 10.1086/728819

Wendy Deborah Roth, Şule Yaylacı

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Identities and Interactions: Reentry and Reintegration after Incarceration for Genocide 身份与互动：因种族灭绝罪入狱后的重返社会和重新融入社会

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American Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-11-17 DOI: 10.1086/728786

Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira, John Gasana Gasasira

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Family Tree Branches and Southern Roots: Contemporary Racial Differences in Marriage in Intergenerational and Contextual Perspective 家族树枝和南方根系：从代际和背景角度看当代婚姻中的种族差异

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American Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-11-14 DOI: 10.1086/728735

Deirdre Bloome, Garrett T. Pace

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A Very Uneven Playing Field: Economic Mobility in the United States 非常不公平的竞争环境：美国的经济流动性

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American Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-11-14 DOI: 10.1086/728737

Pablo A. Mitnik, V. Bryant, D. Grusky

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Lowering their Meritocratic Blinders: White Men’s Harassment Experiences and their Recognition and Reporting of Workplace Race and Gender Bias 放下他们的功利眼罩：白人男性的骚扰经历及其对工作场所种族和性别偏见的认识和报告

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American Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-11-14 DOI: 10.1086/728738

E. Cech

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Intersectional Complexity in Stereotype Content 原型内容的交叉复杂性

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American Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-10-03 DOI: 10.1086/728051

Nicholas Heiserman

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Exposure to Nearby Homicides and Young Women’s Reproductive Lives during the Transition to Adulthood 附近凶杀案的暴露与成年期年轻女性的生殖生活