Are we supposed to be colorblind or not? Competing frames used by whites against racism

Race and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-59

  O'Brien, Eileen ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiracism; Antiracist activism; Antiracist movements; Colorblind; White antiracist; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346480965     PISSN: 10909524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-9524(01)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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