The cost of color: What we pay for being black and brown

Racism in the 21st Century: An Empirical Analysis of Skin Color

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 63-76

  Hunter, Margaret ^a  

^a MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84892270396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-79098-5_4     Document Type: Chapter

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