More than just talk: The use of racial dialogues to combat racism

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-53

  Miller, Joshua ^a   Donner, Susan ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergroup conflict; Public conversations; Racial dialogue; Racial identity; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937326522     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J009v23n01_03     Document Type: Article

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