Racial Microaggressions and Difficult Dialogues on Race in the Classroom

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-190

  Sue, Derald Wing ^a   Lin, Annie I ^a   Torino, Gina C ^a   Capodilupo, Christina M ^a   Rivera, David P ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

aversive racism; difficult dialogues; multicultural education; racial microaggressions; training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ASIAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 65549137412     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014191     Document Type: Article

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