Principled ideology or racism: Why do modern racists oppose race-based social justice programs?

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 258-261

  Blatz, Craig W ^a   Ross, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Historical injustice; Modern racism; Political ideology; Reparations; Symbolic racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549113245     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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