Unconscious racism: A concept in pursuit of a measure

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2008, Pages 277-297

  Blanton, Hart ^a   Jaccard, James ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit association test; Implicit attitudes; Psychometrics; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249089156     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.33.040406.131632     Document Type: Review

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