Quantitative evidence of the continuing significance of race: Tableside racism in full-service restaurants

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 359-384

  Brewster, Zachary W ^a   Rusche, Sarah Nell ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Everyday racism; Prejudice; Race; Restaurant; Server; Tableside racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859246308     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934711433310     Document Type: Article

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