Children's Perceptions of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination: Differences Across Children and Contexts

Handbook of Race, Racism, and the Developing Child

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 133-153

  Brown, Christia Spears ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic discrimination; Group membership; Negative behaviors; Prejudice; Social group

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650685912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118269930.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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