"That single-mother element": How white employers typify black women

Gender and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 168-192

  Kennelly, Ivy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 0033456930     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124399013002002     Document Type: Article

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