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Hazelbaker, T., Mistry, R.S. “Discrimination in Childhood and Adolescence”: Forging Ahead on a Road Well-Traveled. Soc Just Res 31, 311–322 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-018-0309-6
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