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In Critical Ethnicity, leading scholars from several disciplines explore the interactions of ethnicity, race, and education in the United States, which are embedded within discussions of diversity, multiculturalism, and identity politics.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Fiction of "Diversity without Oppression": Race, Ethnicity, Identity, and Power Chapter 3 Communities of Difference: A Critical Look at Desegregated Spaces Created for and by Youth Chapter 4 Dancing with Bigotry: The Poisoning of Racial and Ethnic Identities Chapter 5 Between Nationality and Class Chapter 6 Investigating Academic Initiative: Contesting Asian and Latino Educational Stereotypes Chapter 7 Racenicity: The Relationship Between Racism and Ethnicity Chapter 8 Shattering the "Race" Lens: Toward a Critical Theory of Racism Chapter 9 Reflections on Conventional Wisdom Chapter 10 About the Contributors Chapter 11 Index
About the author
Robert H. Tai is a former editor of the Harvard Educational Review and he is currently assistant professor at the college of Staten Island, CUNY. Mary L. Kenyatta is a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a former editor of the Harvard Educational Review.
Summary
In Critical Ethnicity, leading scholars from several disciplines explore the interactions of ethnicity, race, and education in the United States, which are embedded within discussions of diversity, multiculturalism, and identity politics.
