Institutional discrimination, individual racism, and Hurricane Katrina

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-124

  Henkel, Kristin E ^a   Dovidio, John F ^a   Gaertner, Samuel L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 37249082993     PISSN: 15297489     EISSN: 15302415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2006.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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