See no evil: Color blindness and perceptions of subtle racial discrimination in the workplace

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 499-507

  Offermann, Lynn R ^a   Basford, Tessa E ^a   Graebner, Raluca ^a   Jaffer, Salman ^a   De Graaf, Sumona Basu ^a   Kaminsky, Samuel E ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color blindness; Discrimination; Microaggressions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COLOR BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; RACISM; VIGNETTE; WORKPLACE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; DENIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; INTERVIEW; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; RACE RELATIONS; RACISM; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84925814619     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037237     Document Type: Article

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