Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real about Race in SchoolWhich 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. |
Contents
Get Ready to Talk about a Racialized Society | 29 |
Remember That People Do Not Fit Neatly and Easily | 56 |
Remember That People Are Treated as Racial Group | 73 |
Emphasize Individuality | 107 |
How Opportunities Are Provided and Denied | 131 |
Counter Racially Patterned Skill Gaps | 149 |
While Honoring the Nonstandard Behaviors They Already | 168 |
Teaching Students Fluency in Multiple Cultural Codes | 187 |
On Spotlighting and Ignoring Racial Group Members in | 411 |
Spearhead Conversations with Students about | 421 |
Debating Racially Charged Topics | 434 |
Developing Antiracist School Policy | 442 |
Talk Thoroughly with Colleagues about Race | 453 |
Moving Beyond Quick Cultural Explanations | 461 |
Naming the Racial Hierarchies That Arise During School | 472 |
Spearheading Schoolwide Reform | 481 |
Finding Role Models in the Community | 210 |
of Learning | 232 |
Curriculum That Asks Crucial Questions about | 245 |
Create Curriculum That Analyzes Opportunity | 273 |
Create Curriculum That Represents a Diverse Range | 305 |
Film | 329 |
and Thoroughly | 353 |
Race and the School Experience The Need | 371 |
Interrogating Students Silences | 385 |
Questioning Cultural Explanations of Classroom | 395 |
Creating Safe Spaces in Predominantly White Classrooms | 403 |
Analyze with Colleagues and Students How Your | 490 |
Inquire Fully about Home Communities | 527 |
Opportunity | 559 |
Struggle to Change a System That Is Unequal | 589 |
Complete List of Everyday Antiracist Strategies | 617 |
Notes | 627 |
Reference List | 643 |
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE NEW PRESS | 705 |
Back Cover Material | 711 |
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