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Black Twitter and Black Feminist Epistemology

Illuminating Ways of Knowing

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Through a Distorted Lens

Part of the book series: Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action ((CKCS))

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Every year, Time magazine publishes its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Through the selected excerpt, the iconic Oprah Winfrey, one of the most influential black women on television, wrote the entry on Shonda Rhimes, a black woman who has impacted television in different yet similarly powerful ways.

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  1. University of Milwaukee, USA

    Monique I. Liston

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  1. Montclair State University, USA

    Laura M. Nicosia

  2. Montclair State University, USA

    Rebecca A. Goldstein

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Liston, M.I. (2017). Black Twitter and Black Feminist Epistemology. In: Nicosia, L.M., Goldstein, R.A. (eds) Through a Distorted Lens. Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-017-2_5

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