Examination of the link between parental racial socialization messages and racial ideology among black college students

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-155

  Barr, Simone C ^a   Neville, Helen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Color blind racial ideology; Racial socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149095932     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798408314138     Document Type: Article

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