Predatory inclusion and education debt: Rethinking the racial wealth gap

Social Currents

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 199-207

  Seamster, Louise ^a   Charron Chénier, Raphaël ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Household debt; Predatory inclusion; Race; Student debt; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028671929     PISSN: 23294965     EISSN: 23294973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2329496516686620     Document Type: Article

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