Letting Go of Literary Whiteness: Antiracist Literature Instruction for White Students

ISBN-13: 9780807763056 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019

Carlin Borsheim-Black; Sophia Tatiana Sarigianides; Timothy J. Lensmire

Spis treści

• Foreword Timothy J. Lensmire
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Teaching About Racism Through Literature in White Schools
• Why Focus on White Educational Contexts?
• Why Teach About Racism Via Literary Study?
• What Is a Critical Race Approach and Why Take It Up?
• Notes on Authorial Decisions Throughout the Book
• 2. Designing Racial Literacy Objectives and Assessments for Literature-Based Units
• Common Challenge: Glossing Over Complex Race Concepts
• Why This Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
• What You Can Do: Use Backward Planning to Design Literature-Based Units for Racial Literacy
• In the Classroom: Articulating Racial Literacy Objectives for A Raisin in the Sun
• Conclusion
• 3. Introducing a Racialized Reader Response
• Common Challenge: White Readers' Misreadings of Blackness in Literature
• Why This Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
• What You Can Do: Interrupt Whiteness Via Text Selection and Literary Response
• In the Classroom: Racializing White Readers' Responses to The Crossover
• Conclusion
• 4. Unearthing Whiteness in Canonical Texts about Racism
• Common Challenge: White Investments in Canonic White Savior Narratives
• Why This Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
• What You Can Do: Expose Whiteness in Canonic, White-Authored Texts
• In the Classroom: Exposing Whiteness in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• Conclusion
• 5. Applying a Critical Race Theory Lens for Literary Analysis
• Common Challenge: Reinforcing Racism via Traditional Literary Analysis
• Why This Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
• What You Can Do: Employ a CRT Lens for Literary Analysis
• In the Classroom: Applying a CRT Lens to To Kill a Mockingbird
• Conclusion
• 6. Planning for and Responding to Race Talk
• Common Challenge: Managing Race Talk
• Why It Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
• What You Can Do: Use Proactive and Reactive Strategies for Managing Race Talk
• Conclusion
• 7. Designing Assignments to Build Racial Literacy
• Common Challenge: Questioning White Racial Assumptions
• Why This Matters from a Critical Race Perspective
• What You Can Do: Design Assignments to Scaffold Racial Literacy
• In the Classroom: Using Collaborative Glossaries and Exploratory Essays
• Racial Identity Work for White Teachers
• A Beginning, Not an End
• References
• Index
• About the Author