St. John's University St. John's Scholar Theses and Dissertations 2021 "Whiteness is in the way of seeing:" Narrativizing Middle School Students' Intersectional Perceptions of Whiteness in Literacy Instruction Scott L. Moore Saint John's University, Jamaica New York Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.stjohns.edu/theses_dissertations Part of the Educational Leadership Commons Recommended Citation Moore, Scott L., ""Whiteness is in the way of seeing:" Narrativizing Middle School Students' Intersectional Perceptions of Whiteness in Literacy Instruction" (2021). Theses and Dissertations. 218. https://scholar.stjohns.edu/theses_dissertations/218 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by St. John's Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of St. John's Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 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