Coping with Gendered Racial Microaggressions among Black Women College Students

Journal of African American Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-73

  Lewis, Jioni A ^a   Mendenhall, Ruby ^a   Harwood, Stacy A ^a   Browne Huntt, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; Coping; Gender; Microaggressions; Race; Sexism; Subtle racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873749232     PISSN: 15591646     EISSN: 19364741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12111-012-9219-0     Document Type: Article

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