Table Of ContentBeyond Comfort Zones in
Multiculturalism
CriticalStudiesinEducationandCultureSeries
EducationStillunderSiege:SecondEdition
StanleyAronowitzandHenryA.Giroux
MediaEducationandthe(Re)ProductionofCulture
DavidSholleandStanDenski
CriticalPedagogy:AnIntroduction
BarryKanpol
ComingOutinCollege:TheStruggleforaQueerIdentity
RobertA.Rhoads
EducationandthePostmodernCondition
MichaelPeters,editor
CriticalMulticulturalism:UncommonVoicesinaCommonStruggle
BarryKanpolandPeterMcLaren,editors
BeyondLiberationandExcellence:ReconstructingthePublicDiscourseonEducation
DavidE.PurpelandSviShapiro
Schoolingina‘‘TotalInstitution’’:CriticalPerspectivesonPrisonEducation
HowardS.Davidson,editor
Simulation,Spectacle,andtheIroniesofEducationReform
GuySenesewithRalphPage
RepositioningFeminismandEducation:PerspectivesonEducatingforSocialChange
JaniceJipson,PetraMunro,SusanVictor,KarenFroudeJones,and
GretchenFreed-Rowland
Culture,Politics,andIrishSchoolDropouts:ConstructingPoliticalIdentities
G.HonorFagan
Anti-Racism,Feminism,andCriticalApproachestoEducation
RoxanaNg,PatStaton,andJoyceScane
Beyond Comfort Zones
in Multiculturalism
CONFRONTING THE POLITICS
OF PRIVILEGE
Edited by
Sandra Jackson
and
Jose´ Sol´ıs
CriticalStudiesinEducationandCultureSeries
EditedbyHenryA.GirouxandPauloFreire
BERGIN&GARVEY
Westport,Connecticut • London
LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData
Beyondcomfortzonesinmulticulturalism : confrontingthepoliticsof
privilege / editedbySandraJacksonandJose´ Solı´s.
p. cm. — (Criticalstudiesineducationandcultureseries,
ISSN1064–8615)
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN0–89789–415–4(alk.paper)
1. Multiculturaleducation—UnitedStates. 2. Multiculturalism—
UnitedStates. I. Jackson,Sandra. II. Sol´ıs,Jose´.
III. Series.
LC1099.3.B494 1995
370.19'6—dc20 95–6950
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Copyright(cid:2)1995bySandraJacksonandJose´ Solı´s
Allrightsreserved.Noportionofthisbookmaybe
reproduced,byanyprocessortechnique,without
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LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:95–6950
ISBN:0–89789–415–4
ISSN:1064–8615
Firstpublishedin1995
Bergin&Garvey,88PostRoadWest,Westport,CT06881
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PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica
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Thisbookisdedicatedtothose
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givesmeaningtotheprincipleof
educatingforfreedom.
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
SeriesForewordbyHenryA.Giroux xi
1 Introduction:ResistingZonesofComfortin
Multiculturalism 1
SandraJacksonandJose´ Sol´ıs
PartI FROMITOWE:SELF-DETERMINATIONANDTHE
MULTICULTURAL
2 WhiteStudies:TheIntellectualImperialismofU.S.
HigherEducation 17
WardChurchill
3 Multiculturalism:WarinAmericaContinues 37
ImariAbubakariObadele
4 NuestraRealidad:HistoricalRootsofOurLatinoIdentity 53
Fe´lixMasud-Piloto
viii Contents
PartII RACISM:WHITESKINPRIVILEGE
5 ThePoliticsofCulture:MulticulturalEducationAfterthe
ContentDebate 67
CameronMcCarthyandArletteIngramWillis
6 AcademicApartheid:AmericanIndianStudiesand
‘‘Multiculturalism’’ 89
MarieAnnetteJaimes*Guerrero
7 TheDoorkeepers:EducationandInternalSettler
Colonialism,theMexicanExperience 113
PriscillaLujanFalco´n
PartIII GENDEREDSUBJECTIVITIES
8 NegotiatingSelf-DefinedStandpointsinTeachingand
Learning 129
SandraJackson
9 EntrelaMarquesinaylaCocina 149
Jose´ Solı´s
10 DeconstructingMainstreamDiscourseThroughPuerto
RicanWomen’sOralNarratives 171
LourdesTorres
PartIV CURRICULUM,CANON,ANDSYLLABI:WHO’S
TEACHINGWHATANDHOW
11 EducationinCommunity:TheRoleofMulticultural
Education 195
TerenceO’Connor
12 CoreCultureandCoreCurriculuminSouthAfrica 209
NevilleAlexander
13 ThePeerReviewGroup:Writing,Negotiation,and
MetadiscourseintheEnglishClassroom 227
LindaWilliamsonNelson
14 TheCulturalEthosoftheAcademy:PotentialsandPerils
forMulticulturalEducationReform 239
GenevaGayandWandaFox
Index 257
AbouttheContributors 267
Acknowledgments
Thisbookistheresultofmuchdirectandindirecteffortbymanypeoplewhose
support was given for its development and production. The idea for the book
arose from our concern with the persistence of land based issues characterizing
therealitiesofcertaingroupsofpeopleofcolorandtheimpactthatthisissuehas
fortheirunderstandingofmulticulturalism.
Within this context, we would like to extend our sincerest and heartfelt ap-
preciation for the voices of the contributors who, despite their heavy schedules
and other assignments, offer us in these pages eloquent chapters and serious
challenges for usall.Theseauthorshavecommittedtheirlivestostrugglingand
educatinginanefforttocontributetotheliberationoftheirpeoplesandland.
Ineditingthisbook,communicationwithmanypeopleinmanyplacesbecame
a formidable task for us. This burden was lightened thanks to the secretarial
support offered by Lisa Silverman and Lisa McDonald at DePaul University’s
School of Education. On the production side of publication, we would like to
express our gratitude to Mervin Me´ndez and Marı´a Va´zquez for their help in
reading and putting the text into shape; to Tom Roser of DePaul University’s
LA&S Computer Skills Center; to the University Research Council at DePaul
University for granting us support so that we could finalize the work; and to
DavidPellaur,chairofthePhilosophyDepartmentatDePaulforuseofhisscan-
ner.WewouldespeciallyliketothankoureditorLynnFlintandourproduction
manager Katie Chase at Greenwood Publishing Group for their support and in-
valuableassistanceinpreparingthemanuscriptforpublication.
x Acknowledgments
For us it is with the utmost respect and hope that the book achieves broad
appeal and educational value that we extend our appreciation to Henry Giroux
andPauloFreireforincludingitintheirseriesatBergin&Garvey.
Finally, we would like to recognize the endless hours of support given to the
project by our spouses, Fassile Demise and Martha Gonza´lez. They were both
reaffirmingandcriticalinhelpingusforgethecharacterofthebook.
