The aversive racism paradigm and responses favoring African Americans: Meta-analytic evidence of two types of favoritism

Social Justice Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-46

  Aberson, Christopher L ^a   Ettlin, Tara E ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American favoring responses; Aversive racism; Meta analysis; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843132948     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SORE.0000018091.48241.7a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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