Teaching Race in the Twenty-First Century: College Teachers Talk about Their Fears, Risks, and Rewards

ISBN-13: 9780230608009 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 246 str.

Lisa Guerrero

Opis

This collection brings together pedagogical memoirs on significant topics regarding teaching race in college, including student resistance, whiteness, professor identity, and curricula. Linking theory to practice, the essays create an accessible and useful way to look at teaching race for wide audiences interested in issues within higher education. Written by professors in various fields in the humanities and social sciences, the collection looks at how the integration of racial issues into the college classroom, though never straightforward, is extremely imperative, and should strive to respond to the changing landscapes of college campuses and American society.

Recenzje

"A sophisticated and timely collection . Essential reading for anyone teaching and thinking critically about race issues." - Carl Gutierrez-Jones, Professor of English, University of California, Santa Barbara; Director, Chicano Studies Institute

"This is an exciting, timely volume that will make a significant contribution to knowledge about the experience of teaching race, as well as to the literature on colorblindness and contemporary racial politics. A wonderful tool for those of us dealing with these issues in our own classrooms." - Abby L. Ferber, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs; Director, The Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion

"Contemporary debates concerning race are rife with clichés, myths, accusations about playing the race card, and efforts to silence voices of dissent and opposition. Teaching Race in the 21st Century exposes these failed conversations, demonstrating the ways in which dominant racial discourses infect and affect conversations within today s classrooms. This collection doesn t simply bring into focus the challenges of teaching about race and racism at this historic moment, but provides practical advice and strategic guidance as to how to intervene and transform the classroom. For any teacher and student who have struggled to push conversations of race in new ways, Guerrero s collection provides the perfect tools and insights." - David Leonard, Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies, Washington State University

Spis treści

'Pardon Me, But There Seems to Be Race in My Education'; L.Guerrero The Strange Career of Ethnic Studies and its Influences on the Teaching of Race and Ethnicity; A.M.DeSoto Teaching the 'Ism' in Racism, or, How to Transform Student Resistance; R.Mangino Minor Concerns: The (Im)Possibilities of Critical Race Pedagogies; C.R.King An 'Oriental Yankee' in Dixie, or, Thinking Diversely About Diversity; J.M.Leighton Teaching Race at Anti-Berkeley and Beyond; R.Y.Kim 'Why Do We A lways Have to Talk About Race?': Teaching American Literature(s) in the Post-Affirmative Action Liberal Arts Environment; A.T.Hale & T.Nimura Rhetorics of Race: Mapping White Narratives; J.L.Isaksen Troubling History and Interrogating Whiteness: Teaching Race in a Segregated White College Setting; A.E.Winans Investing in White Innocence: Colorblind Racism, White Privilege and the New White Racist Fantasy; D.Rodriguez White Teacher, Black Writers, White Students: Colorblindness and Racial Consciousness in Teaching African American Literature; J.Kavadlo Do You See What I See?: Teaching Race in the Age of ColorBlind America; T.Tucker Teaching Race: Making the Invisible Concrete; P.Greene & Y.Sealey-Ruiz Resisting the Straight White Male as Hero/Protagonist in a Course on American Groups in American Films; D.Rard A New Era for Teaching American Indian Studies; N.Blu Barnd White Teaching White and (Sometimes) Black about Black; M.Earley Whitt Confronting Terrorism: Teaching the History of Lynching through Photography; B.R.Cooks Dealing With the 9/11 Trigger: Lessons on Race from a Group Exercise; C.R.Lugo-Lugo

O autorze

LISA GUERRERO is Assistant Professor in Comparative Ethnic Studies at Washington State University, USA.