White attitudes toward equal opportunity and affirmative action

Critical Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 615-629

  DiTomaso, Nancy ^a   Parks Yancy, Rochelle ^b   Post, Corinne ^c  

^a RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

affirmative action; diversity; equal opportunity; inequality; racial attitudes; white privilege

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052973420     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920510380070     Document Type: Article

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