The skin color paradox and the American racial order

Social Forces

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 643-670

  Hochschild, Jennifer L ^a   Weaver, Vesla ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 38549101034     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/86.2.643     Document Type: Article

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