Passing as black: Racial identity work among biracial americans

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 380-397

  Khanna, Nikki ^a   Johnson, Cathryn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biracial; identity; identity work; multiracial; passing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650377975     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0190272510389014     Document Type: Article

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