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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

12-4-13 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University)

the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University):





remnant 41: “poor Americans are urged to hate themselves”
remnant 41: “poor Americans are urged to hate themselves”.

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