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In educational spaces, Black educators, administrators, and learners are subject to oppression in the form of anti-Black racism. Experiences of racism, combined with other social and economic factors, have been proven to negatively impact the physical, emotional, and psychological health and well-being of African Canadians (see James et al., 2010).
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Newton, J. (2017). Anti-Black Racism, Resistance, and the Health and Well-Being of Black Bodies in Public Education. In: Newton, J., Soltani, A. (eds) New Framings on Anti-Racism and Resistance. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-131-5_4
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