Affirmative action, unintentional racial biases, and intergroup relations

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 51-75

  Dovidio, John F ^a,b,c,e   Gaertner, Samuel L ^b,d,e  

^a Center for Language and Brain

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Colgate University ^*

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e SPSSI Council

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EID: 0001948695     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1996.tb01848.x     Document Type: Article

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