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2018
Volume 99, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 0360-9170
  • E-ISSN: 1943-2402

Abstract

Drawing from critical race theory and sociolinguistics research, this article offers a practical framework for the ongoing process of enacting antiracist language instruction.

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