Colored Perceptions: Racially Distinctive Names and Assessments of Skin Color

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 420-441

  Garcia, Denia ^a   Abascal, Maria ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

classification; ethnicity; Latino as; race; skin color

Indexed keywords

HISPANIC; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PERCEPTION; RACE; SKIN COLOR;

EID: 84962839080     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764215613395     Document Type: Article

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