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Colormute : race talk dilemmas in an American school / Mica Pollock

Author
Pollock, Mica, 1971-
Published
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2004]
Copyright Date
©2004
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 268 pages)
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Language Note
English.
Contents
We don't belong to simple race groups, but we do -- Race doesn't matter, but it does -- The de-raced words we use when discussing plans for racial equality can actually keep us from discussing ways to make opportunities racially equal -- The more complex inequality seems to get, the more simplistic inequality analysis seems to become -- The questions we ask most about race are the very questions we most suppress -- Although talking in racial terms can make race matter, not talking in racial terms can make race matter too -- Moving forward -- Practically speaking: words for educators in particular.
Summary
"This book considers in unprecedented detail one of the most confounding questions in American racial practice: when to speak about people in racial terms. Viewing "race talk" through the lens of a California high school and district, Colormute draws on three years of ethnographic research on everyday race labelling in education. Based on the author's experiences as a teacher as well as an anthropologist, it discusses the role race plays in everyday and policy talk about such familiar topics as discipline, achievement, curriculum, reform, and educational inequality." "The book assists readers in cultivating a greater understanding of the pitfalls and possibilities of everyday race talk and clarifies previously murky discussions of "colorblindness." By bridging the gap between theory and practice, Colormute will be enormously helpful in fostering ongoing conversations about dismantling racial inequality in America."--Jacket
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ISBN
9781400826124 (electronic bk.)
1400826128 (electronic bk.)
1282129457
9781282129450
9786612129452
661212945X
9780691123950
0691116954 (alk. paper)
9780691116952 (alk. paper)
0691123950 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-268) and index.
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