Blame it on hip-hop: Anti-rap attitudes as a proxy for prejudice

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 361-380

  Reyna, Christine ^a   Brandt, Mark ^a   Tendayi Viki, G ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deservingness; Legitimacy; Prejudice; Rap; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449121064     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430209102848     Document Type: Article

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