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Melissa Phruksachart

Melissa Phruksachart is Assistant Professor of Film, Television, and Media at the University of Michigan. Her essays on the politics of liberalism, diversity, and multiculturalism can be found in Amerasia Journal, Feminist Media Studies, and Film Quarterly.

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Antiracist nonfiction sidelines more powerful critiques from the Black radical tradition.
Melissa Phruksachart

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