Antiracism Inc. Why the Way We Talk about Racial Justice Matters

"Antiracism Inc. traces the ways people along the political spectrum appropriate, incorporate, and neutralize antiracist discourses to perpetuate injustice. It also examines the ways organizers continue to struggle for racial justice in the context of such appropriations. Antiracism Inc. reveal...

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Other Authors: Blake , Felice (Editor), Ioanide, Paula (Editor), Reed, Alison (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn, NY punctum books 2019
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