The Role of Color-Blind Racial Attitudes in Reactions to Racial Discrimination on Social Network Sites

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Tynes, Brendesha M ^a   Markoe, Suzanne L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

color blind racial attitudes; diversity; Internet; online racial discrimination; social network sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950366990     PISSN: 19388926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018683     Document Type: Article

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