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As evidenced by Hayley’s tears, Thurston’s fist pounding and Becky’s emotionally frozen “expressionless expression,” a seemingly invisible state of emotionality intoxicates us all when we talk about race. Needless to say, emotions are forever present in the work of race.
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Matias, C.E. (2016). “But I Never Owned Slaves!”. In: Feeling White. Cultural Pluralism Democracy, Socio-environmental justice & Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-450-3_1
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