Acting white or acting black: Mixed-race adolescents' identity and behavior

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Ruebeck, Christopher S ^a   Averett, Susan L ^a   Bodenhorn, Howard N ^b  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity; Interracial; Mixed race

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649229151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.1688     Document Type: Article

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