White like (or not like) me : creating a white racial identity scale and examining how it differs by socio-demographic indicators

"The goal of this disseration is to create a White Racial Identity Scale (WRIS) and to examine how this scale differes by socio-demographic factors such as gender, class, educaiton and urbanicity. In particular, [the author] will investigate white racial identities through American, cross racial, ethnic, racial and institutional attitudes, behaviors and preferences. It is important to study white racial identities,as they are integral to the maintenance of racism."--from introduction.