It's the message, not the messenger: The declining significance of black-white contact in a "colorblind" society

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 356-382

  O'Brien, Eileen ^a   Korgen, Kathleen Odell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547333412     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2007.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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