Evaluations of White American versus Black American discrimination claimants' political views and prejudicial attitudes

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-216

  Blodorn, Alison ^a   O'Brien, Laurie T ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Impression formation; Political ideology; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870845529     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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