Deracializing Social Statistics: Problems in the Quantification of Race

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 568, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 172-185

  Zuberi, Tukufu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0034387213     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000271620056800113     Document Type: Article

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