Title: Race in the schools : perpetuating white dominance? /
Authors: Blau, Judith R., 1942-
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Discrimination in education United States; White people Race identity United States; Educational anthropology United States
Abstract: Judith Blau's disturbing study presents strong evidence that our schools, assumed by many to be an equalizing force in U.S. society, are in fact racialized settings that reproduce white advantage--to the detriment of all students.
Contents: The study: theory and methods -- Economic inequalities and moral fences -- Locating difference -- Encountering character -- Getting into trouble -- Tracking the curricula -- Social learning -- Going to college -- Conclusion.