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Wellman D. Constructing common ground: borderland experiences in America. Cult Divers Ment Health. 1997;3(1):13-21
Wellman, D. (1997). Constructing common ground: borderland experiences in America. Cultural diversity and mental health, 3(1), 13-21.
Wellman, D. "Constructing common ground: borderland experiences in America." Cultural diversity and mental health vol. 3,1 (1997): 13-21.
Wellman D. Constructing common ground: borderland experiences in America. Cult Divers Ment Health. 1997;3(1):13-21. PMID: 9231530.
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Cult Divers Ment Health. 1997;3(1):13-21.

Constructing common ground: borderland experiences in America.

Cultural diversity and mental health

D Wellman

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  1. University of California at Santa Cruz, USA.

PMID: 9231530

Abstract

Distinguishing among there different versions of diversity, the author provides an autobiographical account of a situation in which racial differences were treated as mutually enhancing resources. Drawing on additional historical and contemporary examples, he suggests that American social "borderlands" are sites that encourage and facilitate the flowering of inclusive, multidimensional identifies.

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