Teaching Race and Anti-Racism in Contemporary America: Adding Context to Colorblindness

439 Pages·2014·3.08 MB·English

by  Kristin Haltinner (auth.)

Kristin Haltinner E ditor
Teaching Race
and Anti-Racism
in Contemporary
America
Adding Context to Colorblindness
Teaching Race and Anti-Racism
in Contemporary America

Kristin Haltinner
Editor
Teaching Race and
Anti-Racism in
Contemporary America
Adding Context to Colorblindness
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Editor
KristinHaltinner
DepartmentofSociologyandAnthropology
UniversityofIdaho
Moscow,ID,USA
ISBN978-94-007-7100-0 ISBN978-94-007-7101-7(eBook)
DOI10.1007/978-94-007-7101-7
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Acknowledgments
MydeepestthanksgotoDrs.RonaldAminzadeandDavidPellowforhelpingme
withthisproject.Thankyouforlookingoverendlesschapters,encouragingmeas
I struggled to complete this project, write my dissertation, and teach four classes
simultaneously. Thank you alsofor your help revising draftsand assistingme as I
learnedtonavigatethebook-publishingworld.Moreover,Iameternallygratefulto
youbothforyourworkasmyadvisorsoverthepastfiveyears.
I would also like to thank Joanna Haltinner for her help copyediting this
manuscript.
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Contents
1 Introduction:ChallengesandOpportunitiesinTeaching
AboutRaceandAnti-Racismin theTwenty-FirstCentury........... 1
KristinHaltinner
PartI CultivatingtheSociologicalImagination
2 Pulling Back the “Post-Racial” Curtain: Critical
PedagogicalLessonsfromBothSidesoftheDesk ...................... 11
JenniferC.MuellerandJoeFeagin
3 TheImportanceofaRace-CriticalPerspectiveintheClassroom .... 25
JoyceM.Bell
4 BeyondtheTrial:TheDisproportionateImprisonment
ofAfricanAmericans ...................................................... 35
JoshuaPageandSarahWhetstone
5 Confronting White Educational Privilege
in the Classroom: Theoretical and Empirical
FoundationsandModels................................................... 43
MelissaF.Weiner
6 TeachingAboutRaceandRacism:TheImperativeofHistory........ 55
TemaOkun
7 TeachingAboutOrganizedRacism....................................... 65
KathleenBleeandKelsyBurke
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PartII The Importance of Communication and Class
Climate
8 GettingStudentstoSayWhatTheyAreNotSupposed
toSay:TheChallengesandOpportunitiesinTeaching
AboutRaceinaCollegeClassroom ...................................... 75
PaulR.Croll
9 ManagingEmotionsintheClassroom ................................... 81
CarissaM.Froyum
10 Ho´zho´ Nahasdlii: Finding Harmony in the Long
ShadowofColonialism.TwoPerspectivesonTeaching
Anti-RacismataTribalCollege .......................................... 91
MirandaHaskieandBradleyShreve
11 TeachingMillennialsAboutDifferenceThrough
First-YearLearningCommunities........................................ 99
CarrieL.CokelyandMelissaAnyiwo
PartIII ConnectingwithStudents
12 After Colorblindness: Teaching Antiracism to White
ProgressivesintheU.S. .................................................... 109
JonathanWarren
13 Double Consciousness: Faculty of Color Teaching
StudentsofColorAboutRace............................................. 123
EnidLogan, StayceBlount, LouisMendoza,
ChavellaPittman,RashawnRay,andNicoleTrujillo-Pagan
14 Bringing Students into the Matrix: A Framework
andToolsforTeachingRaceandOvercomingStudentResistance... 141
AbbyFerber
PartIV InnovativeTechniques
15 Transformatory,CommunityBasedTeachingAboutRace............ 159
RoseM.Brewer
16 Teaching About Race Through Sports: Documents
fromtheJackJohnson-JimJeffriesFight ............................... 171
JohnBloom
17 Teaching About Affirmative Action: Challenges
fromaFreshmenSeminar................................................. 183
JenniferL.Pierce
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18 RepackingtheWhitePrivilegeKnapsack ............................... 195
KristinHaltinner
19 ConnectionsandCrossroads:UsingMemoirstoTeach
AboutRace/EthnicityintheUnitedStates .............................. 207
KristinaB.Wolff
20 LessonsfromCrash......................................................... 215
CharlotteA.Kunkel
21 Experiencing Racialization: Digital Ethnography
asProfessionalDevelopmentforTeachers............................... 223
NicholasP.Wysocki
22 ‘VeiledforDay’:SocialJusticeExperiments
andRacePedagogies ....................................................... 231
JamilKhader
PartV EngagingwithAcademicInstitutions
23 How“Diversity”Trumped“Race”atOneElite
ResearchUniversity........................................................ 239
JorgeMariscal
24 TeachingAboutSystemicWhiteRacism................................. 249
NoelA.Cazenave
25 TeachingAnti-RacismThroughEnvironmentalJusticeStudies...... 257
DavidN.Pellow
26 Race, Class and Transformation: Confronting
OurHistorytoMoveForward............................................ 265
WaldaKatz-Fishman,JeromeScott,andRalphGomes
27 Conclusion: Lessons Learned – Pedagogical
andTheoreticalStrategiesforTeachingRace........................... 275
KristinHaltinner
Appendix1:ClassroomActivities.............................................. 279
Appendix2:ExamplesofSyllabi............................................... 335