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- ↑ Dawson, Michael C. (1994). Behind the mule : race and class in African-American politics. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08770-9. OCLC 29467078.
- ↑ Masuoka, Natalie (2006). "Together They Become One: Examining the Predictors of Panethnic Group Consciousness Among Asian Americans and Latinos*". Social Science Quarterly. 87 (5): 993–1011. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00412.x. ISSN 1540-6237.
- ↑ Sanchez, Gabriel R.; Masuoka, Natalie (2010-10-24). "Brown-Utility Heuristic? The Presence and Contributing Factors of Latino Linked Fate". Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences. 32 (4): 519–531. doi:10.1177/0739986310383129. ISSN 0739-9863.
- ↑ "Discrimination and Group Identity Among Muslim Americans. Presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual Conference; San Diego. 2008" (PDF).
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