Stop 'blaming the man': Perceptions of inequality and opportunities for success in the Obama era among middle-class African Americans

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 523-540

  Welburn, Jessica S ^a   Pittman, Cassi L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; destigmatization; Dual consciousness; middle class; Obama

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CLASS; ELECTION; MINORITY GROUP; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; RACIAL IDENTITY;

EID: 84858059217     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2011.589907     Document Type: Article

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