Acknowledgments ix Foreword by Terrence J. Roberts 1 Preface 4 Introduction 8 1. To Be Silent on Racism Is to Empower Racism 19 2. Revolutionary Teaching and the Origin of Race Conscious Pedagogy 38 3. The Era of the Takeover and the Struggle for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Secondary and Postsecondary Education 54 4. Making a Course: Theoretical Framework for a Course Grounded in Race Conscious Pedagogy 67 5. The Course: Seminar in Critical Race Studies 87 6. Those That Fight Back 107 7. "The most brutal, and the most determined resistance": The Backlash to Race Conscious Classrooms 118 8. Putting Students in Uncomfortable Situations 137 9. Moving Educators Beyond Race Conscious Pedagogy and Toward Cultural Competence 162 Afterword by George Yancy 189 Appendix 1: Response to a Parent, May 2018 195 Appendix 2: Seminar in Critical Race Studies Summer Reading Assignment 200 Bibliography 205 Index 219