Si Me Permiten Hablar: Limitations of the human rights tradition to address racial inequality

Societies without Borders

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 366-382

  Bonilla Silva, Eduardo ^a   Mayorga, Sarah ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DISCOURSE; HUMAN RIGHTS; RACE; RACISM; RIGHTS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055193167     PISSN: 18718868     EISSN: 18721915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187188609X12492771031654     Document Type: Article

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