Let's talk about race, Baby! When Whites' and Blacks' interracial contact experiences diverge

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1214-1217

  Trawalter, Sophie ^a   Richeson, Jennifer A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergroup anxiety; Race relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 44549088932     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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