Race, context, and privilege: White adolescents' explanations of racial-ethnic centrality

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-152

  Grossman, Jennifer M ^a   Charmaraman, Linda ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

School; Social class; White privilege; White racial identity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; PARENTS; PREJUDICE; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149516298     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9330-7     Document Type: Article

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