African Americans respond to stigmatization: The meanings and salience of confronting, deflecting conflict, educating the ignorant and 'managing the self'

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 400-417

  Fleming, Crystal M ^a   Lamont, Michèle ^a   Welburn, Jessica S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; anti racism; boundaries; identity; racial discrimination; stigma

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACISM; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

EID: 84858035755     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2011.589527     Document Type: Article

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