‘I’m managed by a White man who’s managed by a White man who’s managed by a White woman who’s managed by a White man’: the problem of institutional racism in a UK-based university

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Publié dans:London Review of Education vol. 23, no. 1 (2025)
Auteur principal: Miller, Denise
Autres auteurs: Essex, Ryan, Brown, Charmaine
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