White Students Reflecting on Whiteness: Understanding Emotional Responses

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-110

  Todd, Nathan R ^a   Spanierman, Lisa B ^a   Aber, Mark S ^a  

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

Author keywords

color blind racial attitudes; positive and negative emotional responses; psychosocial costs of racism to Whites; racial diversity education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953886918     PISSN: 19388926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019299     Document Type: Article

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