Flipping the script: Analyzing youth talk about race and racism

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 334-354

  Roberts, Rosemarie A ^a   Bell, Lee A ^b   Murphy, Brett ^b  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Racism; Resistance; Urban education; Youth development

Indexed keywords

EID: 53649093970     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: 15481492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1492.2008.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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