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To me, multicultural education and social justice education mean much the same thing, probably because I have always linked multicultural education with its roots in the Civil Rights movement. In its inception, multicultural education grew from the work of African American educators and parents who challenged the idea that their homes and communities are culturally deficient and their children lacking in learning ability.
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Sleeter, C.E. (2012). Working to Awaken. In: Rattling Chains. Transgressions, vol 89. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-107-8_2
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