Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 240
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7425-1824-7 • Paperback • March 2002 • $55.00 • (£42.00)
978-0-7425-9946-8 • eBook • March 2002 • $52.00 • (£40.00)
Julie Kailin is assistant professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Community Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 Preface
Chapter 4 Historical and Theoretical Foundations of Antiracist Education
Chapter 5 Observations of Covert Racism in Schools
Chapter 6 A Historical and Theoretical Context to the Current Debates on Racism in Education
Chapter 7 Antiracist and Multicultural Education: Similarities and Distinctions
Chapter 8 The Moral and Demographic Imperatives for Antiracist Education
Chapter 9 A Curricular Framework for Antiracist Education
Chapter 10 Putting Theory to Practice
Chapter 11 The Hidden Dimensions of Liberal Racism: How White Teachers Perceive the Problem of Racism in Their Schools
Chapter 12 Teaching Antiracist Education in Lakeview: Unraveling the Individual Dimensions of Racism
Chapter 13 From the Individual to the Collective Narrative: Facing History in Ourselves
Chapter 14 Notes
Chapter 15 References
Chapter 16 Index
The manner in which Julie Kailin analyses classroom observations, using an ethnographic methodology, is quite interesting. Any teacher can watch him/herself while teaching and become aware of implicit covert racism. This is the first step towards confronting racism in one's background and in one's backyard....
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Kallin's proposal of long-term antiracism education for educators is the best first step in cinfronting racism in educational institutions.....
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Like Paulo Friere, Julie Kailin stresses the necessity for critical consciousness and for an ability to reflect upon the assumptions that underlie and perpetuate racism, 'othering,' racial profiling, and the rest. Never taking refuge in old idealism, never depending upon blank materialism, Dr. Kailin remains true to important political and economic theories of social structure and social change; but she never condemns those of us who are teachers to the helplessness induced by determinism. Readers cannothelp but become personally involved and engaged through their encounter with Dr. Kailin. We can help realize the hopes she arouses through our own deliberate action for decency, social justice, and —if we come together—ongoing change...
— Maxine Greene, Columbia University
• Winner, 2002 AESA Critic's Choice Award