Race, Racism, and Multiraciality in American Education

Author: 

Knaus, Christopher

Credentials: 

Ph.D. UC Berkeley School of Education; Lecturer, UC,Berkeley D/Afro-American Studies

This research monograph analyses and describes how multiracial undergraduates have come to think about race and racism. The work begins with an overview of the problem of race and racism in education, then discusses the way in which race is typically construed along a continuum of mono-racial thinking( a surprisingly inept conceptualization given the increasing birth rates of mixed or multiracial school populations). The text is then split into seven distinct case studies based on individuals with multiracial, multicultural and ambiguous racial identities and their K-12 experience. Since this work is part of a growing field of research that incorporates a critical analysis of race and racial identity theory it also moves the discussion into areas of multiracial experience and concludes with analysis of higher education’s role in developing awareness of the dynamics and suggestions for practioners in helping the student navigate the question “ What are you?”in a society so long divided along traditional color lines.

Market: 
Education; Educational Theory; Multicultural Studies, Afro-American studies, Sociology
Release Date: 
9/2006
ISBN: 
978-1933146263 Paperback
Price: 
$44.95
Trim Size: 
6 x 9
Pages: 
504
Illustrations: 
None
Publisher: 

ACADEMICA PRESS
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Washington, DC 20036