The color-blind double bind: Whiteness and the (Im) possibility of dialogue

Communication Theory

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-159

  Simpson, Jennifer Lyn ^a  

^a A Bolder Vision   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; RACISM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349171183     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: 14682885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2007.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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