Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School
Leading experts offer concrete and realistic strategies for dealing with race in schools in a groundbreaking book that should become required reading for every teacher in the country.\ \ Which acts by educators are "racist" and which are "antiracist"? How can an educator constructively discuss complex issues of race with students and colleagues? In Everyday Antiracism leading educators deal with the most challenging questions about race in school, offering invaluable and effective advice.\ \...
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Leading experts offer concrete and realistic strategies for dealing with race in schools in a groundbreaking book that should become required reading for every teacher in the country.Which acts by educators are "racist" and which are "antiracist"? How can an educator constructively discuss complex issues of race with students and colleagues? In Everyday Antiracism leading educators deal with the most challenging questions about race in school, offering invaluable and effective advice.Contributors including Beverly Daniel Tatum, Sonia Nieto, and Pedro Noguera describe concrete ways to analyze classroom interactions that may or may not be "racial," deal with racial inequality and "diversity," and teach to high standards across racial lines. Topics range from using racial incidents as teachable moments and responding to the "n-word" to valuing students' home worlds, dealing daily with achievement gaps, and helping parents fight ethnic and racial misconceptions about their children. Questions following each essay prompt readers to examine and discuss everyday issues of race and opportunity in their own classrooms and schools.For educators and parents determined to move beyond frustrations about race, Everyday Antiracism is an essential tool.• Contributors include:• Eduardo Bonilla-Silva • Prudence Carter• Thea Abu El-Haj• Ron Ferguson• Patricia Gandara• Ian Haney López• Vivian Louie• Maria Ong• Paul Ongtooguk• Christine Sleeter• Angela Valenzuela
Acknowledgments xiSuggestions for Using This Book xiiiIntroduction: Defining Everyday Antiracism xviiRace Categories: We Are All the Same, But Our Lives Are Different 1Remember That Racial Categories Are Not Biological Realities 3Exposing Race as an Obsolete Biological Concept Alan H. Goodman 4No Brain Is Racial Mica Pollock 9Getting Rid of the Word "Caucasian" Carol C. Mukhopadhyay 12Get Ready to Talk about a Racialized Society 17Beginning Courageous Conversations about Race Glenn E. Singleton Cyndie Hays 18Talking Precisely about Equal Opportunity Mica Pollock 24Nice Is Not Enough: Defining Caring for Students of Color Sonia Nieto 28Remember That People Do Not Fit Neatly and Easily into Racial Groups 33Following Children's Leads in Conversations about Race Kimberly Chang Rachel Conrad 34Observing Students Sharing Language Ben Rampton 39Remember That People Are Treated as Racial Group Members and Need to Examine That Experience 43Strengthening Student Identity in School Programs Patricia Gandara 44Uncovering Internalized Oppression Angela Valenzuela 50Helping Students See Each Other's Humanity L. Janelle Dance 56Emphasize Individuality 61Constructing Colorblind Classrooms Samuel R. Lucas 62Knowing Students as Individuals Joshua Aronson 67Showing Students Who You Are Heather M. Pleasants 70How Opportunities Are Provided and Denied Inside Schools 75Remember That Students Experience Racially Unequal Expectations about Their Brainpower 77Helping Students of Color Meet High Standards Ronald F. Ferguson 78Providing Supportive Feedback Geoffrey L. Cohen 82Counter Racially Patterned Skill Gaps 85Teaching and Transcending Basic Skills Amanda Taylor 86Grouping in Detracked Classrooms Beth C. Rubin 90Help Students Gain Fluency in "Standard" Behaviors While Honoring the "Nonstandard" Behaviors They Already Have 97Standards vs. "Standard" Knowledge Edmund T. Hamann 98Valuing Nonstandard English John Baugh 102Teaching Students Fluency in Multiple Cultural Codes Prudence Carter 107Defy Racially Based Notions of Potential Careers and Contributions 113Challenging Cultural Stereotypes of "Scientific Ability" Maria Ong 114Finding Role Models in the Community Meira Levinson 120Analyze Racial Disparities in Opportunities to Learn 125Providing Equal Access to "Gifted" Education Karolyn Tyson 126What Discipline Is For: Connecting Students to the Benefits of Learning Pedro A. Noguera 132Curriculum That Asks Crucial Questions About Race 139Create Curriculum That Invites Students to Explore Complex Identities and Consider Racial Group Experiences 141Using Photography to Explore Racial Identity Alexandra Lightfoot 142Exploring Racial Identity Through Writing Jennifer A. Mott-Smith 146Involving Students in Selecting Reading Materials Christine E. Sleeter 150Create Curriculum That Analyzes Opportunity Denial 155Teaching Critical Analysis of Racial Oppression Jeff Duncan-Andrade 156Using Critical Hip-Hop in the Curriculum Ernest Morrell 161Engaging Youth in Participatory Inquiry for Social Justice Maria Elena Torre Michelle Fine 165Create Curriculum That Represents a Diverse Range of People Thoroughly and Complexly 173Arab Visibility and Invisibility Thea Abu El-Haj 174Evaluating Images of Groups in Your Curriculum Teresa L. McCarty 180Teaching Representations of Cultural Difference Through Film Sanjay Sharma 186What Is on Your Classroom Wall? Problematic Posters Donna Deyhle 191Teaching Racially Sensitive Literature Jocelyn Chadwick 195Create Curriculum That Discusses History Accurately and Thoroughly 199Making Race Relevant in All-White Classrooms: Using Local History Mara Tieken 200Teaching Facts, Not Myths, about Native Americans Paul Ongtooguk Claudia S. Dybdahl 204Race and the School Experience: The Need for Inquiry 209Investigate Learning Experiences in Your Classroom 211Inviting Students to Analyze Their Learning Experience Makeba Jones Susan Yonezawa 212Interrogating Students' Silences Katherine Schultz 217Questioning "Cultural" Explanations of Classroom Behaviors Doug Foley 222Creating Safe Spaces in Predominantly White Classrooms Pamela Perry 226On Spotlighting and Ignoring Racial Group Members in the Classroom Dorinda J. Carter 230Spearhead Conversations with Students about Racism in Their Lives and Yours 235Racial Incidents as Teachable Moments Lawrence Blum 236Debating Racially Charged Topics Ian F. Haney Lopez 242Developing Antiracist School Policy David Gillborn 246Talk Thoroughly with Colleagues about Race and Achievement 253Focusing on Student Learning John B. Diamond 254Moving Beyond Quick "Cultural" Explanations Vivian Louie 257Naming the Racial Hierarchies That Arise During School Reforms Rosemary Henze 262Spearheading School-wide Reform Willis D. Hawley 267Analyze, with Colleagues and Students, How Your Race Affects Your Teaching 273Responding to the "N-Word" Wendy Luttrell 274Engaging Diverse Groups of Colleagues in Conversation Alice McIntyre 279Locating Yourself for Your Students Priya Parmar Shirley Steinberg 283Expanding Definitions of "Good Teaching" Lee Anne Bell 287Engaging Communities for Real 291Inquire Fully about Home Communities 293Valuing Students' Home Worlds Eugene E. Garcia 294Getting to Know Students' Communities Leisy Wyman Grant Kashatok 299Helping Students Research Their Communities Kathleen Cushman 305Discuss Parents' Experiences of Racially Unequal Opportunity 309Cultivating the Trust of Black Parents Beverly Daniel Tatum 310Helping Parents Fight Stereotypes about Their Children Janie Victoria Ward 314Informing Parents about Available Opportunities Roslyn Arlin Mickelson Linwood H. Cousins 318Keeping it Going 325Struggle to Change a System That Is Unequal, While Working Within It 327Resisting the "Lone Hero" Stance Audrey Thompson 328Recognizing the Likelihood of Reproducing Racism Eduardo Bonilla-Silva David G. Embrick 334Staying Hopeful Ronald David Glass 337What Is Next? Mica Pollock 341Complete List of Everyday Antiracist Strategies 343Notes 349Reference List 361Index 381
