The comprehensive race socialization inventory

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-190

  Lesane Brown, Chase L ^a   Brown, Tony N ^a   Caldwell, Cleopatra H ^b   Sellers, Robert M ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Black identity; Intergenerational communication; Inventory; Race socialization; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644470058     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934704273457     Document Type: Article

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