Unaccounted Foundations: Black Girls, Anti-Black Racism, and Punishment in Schools

Critical Sociology

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2016, Pages 737-750

  Wun, Connie ^a  

^a MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

anti black racism; anti blackness; black girls; education; girls of color; intersectionality; race and gender in education; racial formation; school discipline and punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976416927     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920514560444     Document Type: Article

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