"Racing for innocence": Whiteness, corporate culture, and the backlash against affirmative action

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-70

  Pierce, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Lawyers; Racism; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043193644     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021404020349     Document Type: Article

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