Translating oppression: Understanding how sexual minority status is associated with white men's racial attitudes

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 404-415

  Kleiman, Sela ^a   Spanierman, Lisa B ^b   Smith, Nathan Grant ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterosexism; Racial colorblindness; Racial empathy; White guilt; White privilege

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942551786     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038797     Document Type: Article

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