A Post-Racial Society in Which Ethnic-Racial Discrimination Still Exists and Has Significant Consequences for Youths’ Adjustment

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 111-118

  Umaña Taylor, Adriana J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; African American; Asian American; children; discrimination; ethnic; Latino; Native American; racial; racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962778599     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721415627858     Document Type: Article

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