Color-blind racial ideology theory, training, and measurement implications in psychology

American Psychologist

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 455-466

  Neville, Helen A ^a   Awad, Germine H ^b   Brooks, James E ^a   Flores, Michelle P ^a   Bluemel, Jamie ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color blind racial ideology; Discrimination; Prejudice; Racial be liefs; Racism

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENIAL; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RACISM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883775897     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033282     Document Type: Article

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