Becoming and Unbecoming White: Owning and Disowning a Racial Identity

Becoming and Unbecoming White: Owning and Disowning a Racial Identity - Critical Studies in Education and Culture Series

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Publisher's Synopsis

The authors of the narrative chapters represented in this volume have in common that they are dedicated to the realization of a critical, multicultural, democratic society. Individually, they are female and male, from diverse ethnicities, socio-economic class backgrounds, first language groups, religious and spiritual affiliations, and sexual orientations. They are professors of education, psychology, sociology, and communication as well as community activists. The stories that they share reveal the history of racism in this country over a fifty year period beginning in the late 1930s and continuing into the early 1980s. The stories are most diverse, and share what it was like growing up White during and after Jim Crow segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, and busing and integration. Thus, there is a history here of our country's racism yesterday and today. Inviting students to experience this history may encourage them to further explore its ongoing manifestations.

Book information

ISBN: 9780897896207
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Imprint: Praeger
Pub date:
DEWEY: 305.800973
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 283
Weight: 644g
Height: 235mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 29mm