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I am a 29-year-old white male from a primarily rural background.1 I understand the experiences of being raised out in the country. By “out in the country,” I mean outside of any formally incorporated town or village. My childhood home was at the end of a long gravel driveway, and well out of eyesight of the nearest neighbors.
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Neville, J. (2015). Letter to a Rural White. In: Hartlep, N.D., Hensley, B.O. (eds) Critical Storytelling in Uncritical Times. Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-256-1_1
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