Research on Racial Formation

While researching more about racial formation I came across an article called "Crossing race and Nationality: the racial formation of Asian Americans 1852-1965" by Bob Wing.

In this article he talks about "how it is clearer than ever that race relations in the United States are not limited to the central black/white axis." He states "in fact this has always been true: Indian wars were central to the history of this country since its origins and race relations in the West have always centered on the interactions between Whites and Natives, Mexicans, and Asians." He further goes on to explain that "one cannot simply replace the black/white model with one that merely adds other groups. The reason is that other groups of color have faced discrimination that is quite different both in form and content that which has characterized black/white relations." He also states that "the racial formation of Asian Americans was a key moment in defining the color line among immigrants extending whiteness to European immigrants, and targeting non white immigrants for racial oppression." (Wing, 2005).

*** After reading this I learned that it's not only the blacks and whites that goes through the discrimination. Most of the time we talk more about the stereotypes that people have to say about black and whites and don't think about other races and ethnic backgrounds.***

Wing, B. (2005) Crossing race and nationality: the racial formation of Asian Americans 1852-1965.
http://www.monthlyreview.org/1205wing2.htm