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Through empirical studies and ongoing debates in educational policy, this volume explores colorism from an international standpoint by focusing on immigrants and refugee populations.
List of contents
1. Introduction
Part One: The Complexity of Race and Color in Education 2.
Resisting Everyday Colorism in Schools: Strategies for Identifying and Interrupting the Problem that Won¿t Go Away
Janie Victoria Ward, Tracy L. Robinson-Wood, and Noreen Boadi 3
. Thoughts on Bullying and Colorism in Black Women¿s Remembered Experiences
Kimberly Jade Norwood and Carla R. Monroe 4.
From Colored People to Students of Color: The Complexity of Colorism in Families and Educational Institutions
John L. Taylor, Suzanne Desjardin, Irene Robles-Lopez, and Charita Johnson Stubbs 5. Marked for Labor: Latina Bodies and Transnational Capital ¿ A Marxist Feminist Critical Pedagogy
Lilia D. Monzó and Peter McLaren 6. Mixed Race College Students and Colorism: Considerations for Postsecondary Institutions
Paul Shang and Heather Shea Gasser 7.
Multiracial College Students and Colorism: Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave
C. Casey Ozaki and Laura Parson Part Two: International Perspectives on Race and Color in Education 8.
Global to Local: What Influences Racial and Ethnic Identity Construction among Latino Adolescents?
Edward Fergus 9. De-hue-manizing Them: Color and Acculturation among Second-generation South Asians
Sailaja N. Joshi, Murali Balaji, and Pawan Deshpande 10.
Following the Lamp Beside the Golden Door: Immigrant Families in Literature and Life
Catherine Compton-Lilly, Suzanne Porath, and Dana Ryan 11. Colorism and the Educational Experiences of Immigrants and Refugees: Global and Local Considerations for Educators
Nicole M. Monteiro and Donna Y. Ford 12.
Race, Color, and Family: Exploring Possibilities of School Engagement
Leanne Taylor Conclusion
About the author
Carla R. Monroe is a former research scientist at the University of Georgia, USA.
Summary
Through empirical studies and ongoing debates in educational policy, this volume explores colorism from an international standpoint by focusing on immigrants and refugee populations.
