The effect of Obama saliency on individual-level racial bias: Silver bullet or smokescreen?

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 647-652

  Lybarger, Jill E ^a   Monteith, Margo J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Political psychology; Racial attitudes; Subtle prejudice; Symbolic racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952816529     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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