Rethinking racial progress: A response to Wimmer

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1361-1369

  Ray, Victor ^a   Seamster, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Fundamental cause; Racial inequality; Racial progress; Racism; Theory

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACISM; SOCIAL THEORY;

EID: 84971384032     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2016.1151540     Document Type: Article

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