The Cost of Racism for People of Color: Contextualizing Experiences of Discrimination

by Alvin N Alvarez, Christopher T. H. Liang, Helen A. Neville, et al.

In this book, leading scholars examine the felt experience of being the target of racism, with a focus on mental and physical health, as the result of particular racist encounters as well as across the lifespan.

Authors examine the subtle but persistent links between everyday microaggressions and historical racial trauma, and offer practical tools to assess and measure perceived racial discrimination. They describe compelling new interventions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433820951
• ISBN13: 9781433820953
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 10.2"