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The Racial Contract Applied to Educational Justice

White racial ignorance and refusing culpability: how the emotionalities of whiteness ignore race in teacher education

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Pages 456-477 | Received 25 May 2022, Accepted 06 Mar 2023, Published online: 01 May 2023

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