'Do Latin@ interests always have to "converge" with White interests?': (Re)claiming racial realism and interest-convergence in critical race theory praxis

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-21

  Alemán Jr , Enrique ^a   Alemán, Sonya M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical race praxis; Interest convergence principle; Politics of education; Racial realism

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LATINO PEOPLE; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACISM; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 77649311430     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613320903549644     Document Type: Article

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