Racism at the Intersections: Gender and Socioeconomic Differences in the Experience of Racism Among African Americans

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 397-408

  Kwate, Naa Oyo A ^a   Goodman, Melody S ^b  

^a the State University of New   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGGRESSION; ASSAULT; ATTENTION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NARRATIVE; NEW YORK; OFFENDER; PERCEPTION; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RACISM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STEREOTYPING; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; RACISM; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84966417221     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/ort0000086     Document Type: Article

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