The people doth protest too much: Explaining away subtle racism

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 478-490

  Reid, Landon D ^a   Birchard, Kristen E ^b  

^a Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

elaboration likelihood model; perception of subtle racism; persuasion; prejudice; social dominance orientation; word count

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549250452     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X10377993     Document Type: Article

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