Joyce Ladner, "Today's Tomorrow: The Black Woman," in The Death of White Sociology (1973), p. 415
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Deviance is the invention of a group that uses its own standards as the ideal by which others are to be judged.
— Joyce Ladner on Deviance
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About Joyce Ladner
Joyce Ann Ladner (born October 12, 1943) is an American civil rights activist, author, civil servant and sociologist.
About Joyce Ladner
Joyce Ann Ladner (born October 12, 1943) is an American civil rights activist, author, civil servant and sociologist.
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