Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School [Paperback]

Which acts by educators are racist and which are antiracist ? How can an educator constructively discuss complex issues of race with students and colleagues? InEveryday Antiracism, leading educators deal with the most challenging questions about race in school, offering invaluable and effective advice.

Contributors including Beverly Daniel Tatum, Sonia Nieto, and Pedro Noguera describe concrete ways to analyze classroom interactions that may or may not be racial, deal with racial inequality and diversity, and teach to high standards across racial lines. Topics range from using racial incidents as teachable moments and responding to the n-word to valuing students' home worlds, dealing daily with achievement gaps, and helping parents fight ethnic and racial misconceptions about their children. Questions following each essay prompt readers to examine and discuss everyday issues of race and opportunity in their own classrooms and schools.

For educators and parents determined to move beyond frustrations about race,Everyday Antiracismis an essential tool.

Teachers and parents often want to act on the issue of racism, but don’t know how. This one-of-a-kind volume is the blueprint; no one should teach another day without reading it.
—Tim Wise, author ofWhite Like Me

Mica Pollockis an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. An anthropologist of education, she previously taught tenth grade and worked in the civil rights field. She is the author ofColormuteandBecause of Race. She lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Introduction:

Defining Everyday Antiracism

Everyday things represent the most overlooked knowledge.
—Don DeLillo, 1997

To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
—George Orwell, 1946

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