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In a globalized world, differences between individuals are salient as they belong to various social, cultural, and historical backgrounds. This salience is particularly prominent in the United States, wherein mainstream ideologies and socio-political structures that undergird the diversity of a global world, contribute towards the intricacies of individual identity evaluation by encapsulating various ethnic, cultural, migratory, and geopolitical scenarios.

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Sequeira, L. (2017). Negotiating Intersectional Identities in a Classroom Community of Inquiry. In: Lin, CC., Sequeira, L. (eds) Inclusion, Diversity, and Intercultural Dialogue in Young People’s Philosophical Inquiry. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-065-3_3

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