Badges of inferiority: The racialization of achievement in U.S. education

Handbook of Critical Race Theory in Education

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 153-166

  Horsford, Sonya Douglass ^a   Grosland, Tanetha J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84898753099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203155721     Document Type: Chapter

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