Racial Identity Denied: Are Wealthy Black Victims of Racism Rejected by Their Own Group?

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 376-382

  Johnson, James D ^a   Kaiser, Cheryl R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

discrimination; empathy; racial identity; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876162157     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550612456709     Document Type: Article

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