Intersectionality, Critical Race Theory, and the Primacy of Racism: Race, Class, Gender, and Disability in Education

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 277-287

  Gillborn, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

critical race theory; disability studies; ethnicity and race; race inequality in education; Whiteness studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924911889     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800414557827     Document Type: Article

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