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In an application of my prior learning, I will first locate myself in this Critical Review of Hilary Janks. I am a child of Caribbean parents and I am a woman of African heritage. As a child, even at an early age, I was told, “You will have to work twice as hard to get half as far.” Being the oldest, and of a Type A personality, that was not a problem for me but these words were given to prepare me for a world where I hold less value. I know that my racialized students hold less value in society.
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Griffith, R. (2016). Apartheid South Africa and its Intersections. In: Cooper, K., Anwaruddin, S.M. (eds) Student Voice. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-408-4_4
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