Mitt Romney's Racist Appeals: How Race Was Played in the 2012 Presidential Election

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1157-1168

  McIlwain, Charlton D ^a   Caliendo, Stephen M ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barack Obama; Black stereotypes; implicit bias; laziness; Mitt Romney; taking advantage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904247287     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764213506212     Document Type: Article

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