A Preliminary Report on the Relationship Between Microaggressions Against Black People and Racism Among White College Students

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 291-299

  Kanter, Jonathan W ^a   Williams, Monnica T ^b   Kuczynski, Adam M ^a   Manbeck, Katherine E ^a   Debreaux, Marlena ^c   Rosen, Daniel C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Discrimination; Microaggressions; Prejudice; Race; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046805197     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-017-9214-0     Document Type: Article

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