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Research Article

Racism, white supremacy and Roberto Esposito’s biopolitics through the lens of Black affect studies: Implications for an affirmative educational biopolitics

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Pages 358-370 | Received 09 Jan 2023, Accepted 19 Jun 2023, Published online: 07 Jul 2023

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