'White' or 'European American'? Self-identifying labels influence majority group members' interethnic attitudes

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 165-170

  Morrison, Kimberly Rios ^a   Chung, Adrienne H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color blindness; Diversity; Identification; Interethnic ideologies; Multiculturalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649997900     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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