Variation in Black anti-white bias and target distancing cues: Factors that influence perceptions of "ambiguously racist" behavior

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 609-622

  Johnson, James D ^a   Simmons, Carolyn ^a   Trawalter, Sophie ^a   Ferguson, Tara ^a   Reed, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti White bias; Attributions; Racial stereotypes; Racism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NEGRO; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CUES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0038407665     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167203029005006     Document Type: Review

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