From Argumentation to Truth-Telling: Critical Race Theory in Mathematics Teacher Education

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Christopher C. Jett, University of West Georgia; cjett@westga.edu

Cathery Yeh, Chapman University; yeh@chapman.edu

Maria del Rosario Zavala, San Francisco State University; mza@sfsu.edu

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