Measuring Racial Identity

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I found the idea of measuring racial identity interesting. The article states how racial identity in African Americans is a multifaceted phenomenon. I think the article does a good job at capturing the complexity of racial identity. I found it intriguing that individual scales were related to race-relevant activities. I thought this was intriguing because I agree with the findings. I feel that those who embrace their racial identity may engage in more race-related activities, for example taking African American courses to learn more about ones cultural.
In the methodology section the authors stated that that the participants were college students. However, I feel that having all college students as participants can limit the study because

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