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This chapter describes the participants’ personal influences and how formative years of interacting with family members and peers contributed to shaping their identities as social justice educators. It shows a wide range of family compositions in terms of social class, race, religion, beliefs, and values. The chapter highlights that one does not have to be raised by social justice oriented parents or family members to become a social justice educator. This chapter reveals interactions with family members and peers that might have been pivotal in pushing the participants toward social justice education. Reflection questions at the end of the chapter invite the reader to ponder about influences that might have exposed him or her to social justice issues during formative years.
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Mthethwa-Sommers, S. (2014). Personal Influences. In: Narratives of Social Justice Educators. SpringerBriefs in Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08431-2_4
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