Title: Eugenics and education in America : institutionalized racism and the implications of history, ideology, and memory /
Authors: Winfield, Ann Gibson.
Publisher: Peter Lang,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Racism in education United States; Eugenics Social aspects United States.; Discrimination in education United States; Racism United States History
Abstract: "Education in America was designed to organize, classify, and sort students according to a definition of ability and human worth provided by a racialized scientism known as eugenics - an ideology whose ultimate goal was the establishment of a superior White race. In exposing and addressing eugenics' place in our educational system, this book provides a groundbreaking to, and exceptional correction of, the history of curriculum in America."--Jacket.
Contents: Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Ideology, tools, and perspective -- What is eugenics? -- Fear of the "other" -- The dilution of genetic "stock" -- Immune to invalidation -- Dissemination campaign -- Sterilization of the unfit -- Progressive roots -- Eugenics and education : the "fathers" of curriculum -- Testing as a tool -- Why it matters -- How it matters -- Role of collective memory -- 2. Memory, history, and culture -- Memory and history -- Memory -- Sustaining social contexts -- Memory within the family -- Memory and social class -- Manipulation of memory -- The role of virtue -- Types of memory : personal, cognitive, and habit -- History and memory -- Constructionism and constructivism -- 3. Popular, media, and material culture -- Artifacts and objects -- Artifacts and beliefs -- Shaping perception -- Mass culture -- Myths and symbols -- Cultural transmission -- Meaning emerges -- Verbal influence -- 4. Early race theory : from science to civic virtue --^