What Is Good Isn't Always Fair: On the Unintended Effects of Framing Diversity as Good

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 69-99

  Trawalter, Sophie ^a   Driskell, Sara ^b   Davidson, Martin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; BUSINESS; EDUCATION; FINANCE; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACISM; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 84950116531     PISSN: 15297489     EISSN: 15302415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/asap.12103     Document Type: Article

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