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Angryblackscholar: Unpacking White Privilege as A Black Female Unapologetically Claiming and Asserting my Right to Live my Dreams

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Privilege Through the Looking-Glass

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Being invited to write this piece required much self-reflection and internal and mental struggle. It is an opportunity to own my anger (and rage) and give some insights into my lived experiences.

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Ford, D.Y. (2017). Angryblackscholar: Unpacking White Privilege as A Black Female Unapologetically Claiming and Asserting my Right to Live my Dreams. In: Leavy, P. (eds) Privilege Through the Looking-Glass. Personal/Public Scholarship. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-140-7_6

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