My choice, your categories: The denial of multiracial identities

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 185-204

  Townsend, Sarah S M ^a   Markus, Hazel R ^b   Bergsieker, Hilary B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; RACIAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 58949102218     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01594.x     Document Type: Article

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