Promoting racial literacy in schools
Subtitle: differences that make a difference
By: Howard C. Stevenson
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780807755044; 9780807755051; 9780807772546
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Race relations; Educational equalization; Multicultural education; Discrimination in education
Description: "Based on extensive research, this provocative volume explores how schools are places where racial conflicts often remain hidden at the expense of a healthy school climate and the well-being of students of color. Most schools fail to act on racial microaggressions because the stress of negotiating such conflicts is extremely high due to fears of incompetence, public exposure, and accusation. Instead of facing these conflicts head on, schools perpetuate a set of avoidance or coping strategies. The author of this much-needed book uncovers how racial stress undermines student achievement. Students, educators, and social service support staff will find workable strategies to improve their racial literacy skills to read, recast, and resolve racially stressful encounters when they happen." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-217) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: schooling racial illiteracy: the excavation of racial stress and resilience through storytelling; title: If elephants could talk: stress and incompetence in the politics of American race relations; title: Recasting the history of racial "firsts": dancing around stereotypes in American schools; title: Fearing racial discourse: the socialization of racial threat in schools; title: Recasting racial threat: a model for coping and assertiveness during conflicts; title: Walking while talking: what parents and educators can do to promote racial literacy; title: Racial literacy as civil disobedience: practicing racial assertiveness in schools.