High Schools, Race, and America's Future: What Students Can Teach Us About Morality, Diversity, and Community
How can we talk honestly about race? How can we make a classroom rigorous and exciting? There s no better answer to both questions than this account of philosopher and college professor Larry Blum s gutsy foray into teaching a public high school course on race and racism. There is much to learn from this book. --Martha Minow, dean and Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor, Harvard Law SchoolIt is a formidable task to write a book about the fraught issue of race that both scholars and the general public will be engaged and inspired by. In this sophisticated yet accessible book, the distinguished philosopher Lawrence Blum has more than met the challenge. --Tommie Shelby, professor of philosophy and African and African American studies, Harvard UniversityBlum is a sensitive and thoughtful author who has written a fascinating book. He clearly knows a lot about the history of race and how to talk and write about it. The combination of rich intellectual material and his description of life in the classroom is unique. High Schools, Race, and America's Future will inspire a wide range of readers and serve as a model for those interested in teaching or learning about race. --Ronald F. Ferguson, senior lecturer on education and public policy and faculty director of the Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard University