How race matters and does not matter for white women in relationships with black men

Clinical Issues with Interracial Couples: Theories and Research

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 23-40

  Karis, Terri A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Interracial couples; Multiracial families; Racial interpretation; White women

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444394494     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315808710     Document Type: Chapter

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