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The declining significance of race

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    William Julius Wilson (professor of sociology)

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Formerly he taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he received the Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award in 1970. He is author of Power, Racism, and Privilegeand The Declining Significance of Race,and coeditor of Through Different Eyes.

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Wilson, W.J. The declining significance of race. Soc 15, 11 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02701609

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