The changing face of racial discrimination: Hispanics as the dominant minority in the USA - a new application of power-threat theory

Critical Sociology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 307-327

  Markert, John ^a  

^a Cumberland University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanic population; Immigrants; Power threat theory; Prejudice; Racial discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950543797     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920509357526     Document Type: Article

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