Get Up, Get Out, and Git Sumthin': How Race and Class Influence African Americans' Attitudes About Inequality

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1481-1508

  Shelton, Jason E ^a   Greene, Anthony D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; beliefs about inequality; middle class; stratification ideology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867390225     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764212458276     Document Type: Article

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