Antiracism and the abolition of whiteness: Rhetorical strategies of domination among “race traitors”

Communication Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-115

  Moon, Dreama ^a   Flores, Lisa A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 84937331697     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970009388512     Document Type: Article

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