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As a white, male teaching about diversity within the context of institutional and social oppression, I am compelled to share my experiences of change. This inclination becomes apparent when I teach a course called Social Inequalities: Race and Minority Issues. Throughout the course, I teach about oppression, and how liberation can be achieved through anti-racist praxis.
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Meidl, C., Levchak, C. (2016). Combating Privilege and Constructing an Anti-Racist Identity. In: Husband, T. (eds) But I Don’t See Color. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-585-2_10
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