Research Article
"They're in My Culture, They Speak the Same Way": African American Language in Multiethnic High Schools
Django Paris
Harvard Educational Review September 2009, 79 (3) 428-448; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.79.3.64j4678647mj7g35
Django Paris
1
Arizona State University

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Harvard Educational Review Sep 2009, 79 (3) 428-448; DOI: 10.17763/haer.79.3.64j4678647mj7g35
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