'White excellence and black failure': The reproduction of racialised higher education in everyday talk

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 463-480

  Robus, Donovan ^a   Macleod, Catriona ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Discourse; Everyday racism; Higher education; Incorporation; Merger; Race; Racism; Transformation; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847748943     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630603600303     Document Type: Review

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