What is internalized racial oppression and why don't we study it? Acknowledging racism's hidden injuries

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 551-572

  Pyke, Karen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complicity; Critical race theory; Inequality; Internalized racism; Oppression; Resistance; White privilege

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650235758     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2010.53.4.551     Document Type: Article

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