Racial trauma, microaggressions, and becoming racially innocuous: The role of acculturation and white supremacist ideology

American Psychologist

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 143-155

  Liu, William Ming ^a   Liu, Rossina Zamora ^a   Garrison, Yunkyoung Loh ^a   Cindy Kim, Ji Youn ^b   Chan, Laurence ^b   Ho, Yu C S ^b   Yeung, Chi W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Microaggressions; Racial trauma; White space; White supremacy

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INJURY; PSYCHOLOGY; RACE RELATION; RACISM; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; AGGRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; RACE RELATIONS; RACISM; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85060042273     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/amp0000368     Document Type: Article

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