School Ethnic–Racial Socialization: Learning About Race and Ethnicity Among African American Students

Urban Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 563-576

  Aldana, Adriana ^a   Byrd, Christy M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multicultural education; Race ethnicity; Socialization; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939268580     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-014-0319-0     Document Type: Article

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