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- ↑ "All duPont-Columbia Award Winners" . Retrieved 2014-10-25.
- ↑ "Press Room". 30 June 2015.
- ↑ "The Whiteness Project: Facing Race In A Changing America". NPR. December 21, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ↑ Roy, Jessica (October 16, 2014). "Why Would We Need Something Called 'The Whiteness Project'?". New York. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
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