Getting slammed: White depictions of race discussions as arenas of violence

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-128

  DiAngelo, Robin ^a   Sensoy, Özlem ^b  

^a WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

anti racism education; discourse analysis; safety; White supremacy

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; RACE; RACISM; STUDENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84890110466     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2012.674023     Document Type: Article

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