Perceived discrimination and interracial contact: Predicting interracial closeness among black and white Americans

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-81

  Tropp, Linda R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 34248572193     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019027250707000108     Document Type: Article

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