Coping with Racism: A Spirit-Based Psychological Perspective

The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination, A Revised and Condensed Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 209-222

  Hunter, Carla D ^a   Lewis, Ma’at E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

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