| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 268 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-268) and index. |
| Contents |
We don't belong to simple race groups, but we do -- Race doesn't matter, but it does -- The de-raced words we use when discussing plans for racial equality can actually keep us from discussing ways to make opportunities racially equal -- The more complex inequality seems to get, the more simplistic inequality analysis seems to become -- The questions we ask most about race are the very questions we most suppress -- Although talking in racial terms can make race matter, not talking in racial terms can make race matter too -- Moving forward -- Practically speaking: words for educators in particular. |
| Summary |
"This book considers in unprecedented detail one of the most confounding questions in American racial practice: when to speak about people in racial terms. Viewing "race talk" through the lens of a California high school and district, Colormute draws on three years of ethnographic research on everyday race labelling in education. Based on the author's experiences as a teacher as well as an anthropologist, it discusses the role race plays in everyday and policy talk about such familiar topics as discipline, achievement, curriculum, reform, and educational inequality." "The book assists readers in cultivating a greater understanding of the pitfalls and possibilities of everyday race talk and clarifies previously murky discussions of "colorblindness." By bridging the gap between theory and practice, Colormute will be enormously helpful in fostering ongoing conversations about dismantling racial inequality in America."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Educational sociology -- California -- California City -- Case studies.
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Educational sociology. |
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California -- California City. |
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Case studies.
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| Subject |
Race awareness in adolescence -- California -- California City -- Case studies.
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Race awareness in adolescence. |
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Racism in language -- Case studies.
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Racism in language. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- Case studies.
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Electronic books -- Case studies.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pollock, Mica, 1971- Colormute. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2004 9780691123950 (DLC) 2004041462 (OCoLC)54007231 |
| ISBN |
9781400826124 (electronic book) |
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1400826128 (electronic book) |
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9780691123950 |
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