Race as a red herring? The logical irrelevance of the Race Vs. class debate

Denver University Law Review

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 835-843

  Reeves, Arin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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