Everyday Antiracism

Mica Pollock is 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 of Colormute and Because of Race. She lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.

• ContentsAcknowledgments xiSuggestions for Using This Book xiiiIntroduction: Defining Everyday Antiracism xviiSECTION ARACE CATEGORIES: WE ARE ALL THE SAME,BUT OUR LIVES ARE DIFFERENT 1Part I: Remember That Racial Categories AreNot Biological Realities 31. Exposing Race as an Obsolete Biological ConceptAlan H. Goodman 42. No Brain Is RacialMica Pollock 93. Getting Rid of the Word “Caucasian”Carol C. Mukhopadhyay 12Part II: Get Ready to Talk about a Racialized Society 174. Beginning Courageous Conversations about RaceGlenn E. Singleton and Cyndie Hays 185. Talking Precisely about Equal OpportunityMica Pollock 246. Nice Is Not Enough: Defining Caring for Students of ColorSonia Nieto 28Part III: Remember That People Do Not Fit Neatly andEasily into Racial Groups 337. Following Children's Leads in Conversations about RaceKimberly Chang and Rachel Conrad 348. Observing Students Sharing LanguageBen Rampton 39Part IV: Remember That People Are Treated as Racial GroupMembers and Need to Examine That Experience 439. Strengthening Student Identity in School ProgramsPatricia Gándara 4410. Uncovering Internalized OppressionAngela Valenzuela 5011. Helping Students See Each Other's HumanityL. Janelle Dance 56 Part V: Emphasize Individuality 6112. Constructing Colorblind ClassroomsSamuel R. Lucas 6213. Knowing Students as IndividualsJoshua Aronson 6714. Showing Students Who You AreHeather M. Pleasants 70SECTION BHOW OPPORTUNITIES ARE PROVIDEDAND DENIED INSIDE SCHOOLS 75Part VI: Remember That Students Experience RaciallyUnequal Expectations about Their Brainpower 7715. Helping Students of Color Meet High StandardsRonald F. Ferguson 7816. Providing Supportive FeedbackGeoffrey L. Cohen 82Part VII: Counter Racially Patterned Skill Gaps 8517. Teaching and Transcending Basic SkillsAmanda Taylor 8618. Grouping in Detracked ClassroomsBeth C. Rubin 90Part VIII: Help Students Gain Fluency in “Standard”Behaviors While Honoring the “Nonstandard”Behaviors They Already Have 9719. Standards vs.“Standard” KnowledgeEdmund T. Hamann 9820. Valuing Nonstandard EnglishJohn Baugh 10221. Teaching Students Fluency in Multiple Cultural CodesPrudence Carter 107Part IX: Defy Racially Based Notions of PotentialCareers and Contributions 11322. Challenging Cultural Stereotypes of “Scientific Ability”Maria Ong 11423. Finding Role Models in the CommunityMeira Levinson 120Part X: Analyze Racial Disparities in Opportunities to Learn 12524. Providing Equal Access to “Gifted” EducationKarolyn Tyson 12625. What Discipline Is For: Connecting Students to theBenefits of LearningPedro A. Noguera 132SECTION CCURRICULUM THAT ASKS CRUCIALQUESTIONS ABOUT RACE 139Part XI: Create Curriculum That Invites Students toExplore Complex Identities and ConsiderRacial Group Experiences 14126. Using Photography to Explore Racial IdentityAlexandra Lightfoot 14227. Exploring Racial Identity Through WritingJennifer A. Mott-Smith 14628. Involving Students in Selecting Reading MaterialsChristine E. Sleeter 150Part XII: Create Curriculum That AnalyzesOpportunity Denial 15529. Teaching Critical Analysis of Racial OppressionJeff Duncan-Andrade 15630. Using Critical Hip-Hop in the CurriculumErnest Morrell 16131. Engaging Youth in Participatory Inquiry for Social JusticeMaría Elena Torre and Michelle Fine 165Part XIII: Create Curriculum That Represents aDiverse Range of People Thoroughly and Complexly 17332. Arab Visibility and InvisibilityThea Abu El-Haj 17433. Evaluating Images of Groups in Your CurriculumTeresa L. McCarty 18034. Teaching Representations of Cultural Difference Through FilmSanjay Sharma 18635. What Is on Your Classroom Wall? Problematic PostersDonna Deyhle 19136. Teaching Racially Sensitive LiteratureJocelyn Chadwick 195Part XIV: Create Curriculum That Discusses HistoryAccurately and Thoroughly 19937. Making Race Relevant in All-White Classrooms:Using Local HistoryMara Tieken 20038. Teaching Facts, Not Myths, about Native AmericansPaul Ongtooguk and Claudia S. Dybdahl 204SECTION DRACE AND THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE:THE NEED FOR INQUIRY 209Part XV: Investigate Learning Experiences in Your Classroom 21139. Inviting Students to Analyze Their Learning ExperienceMakeba Jones and Susan Yonezawa 21240. Interrogating Students' SilencesKatherine Schultz 21741. Questioning “Cultural” Explanations of Classroom BehaviorsDoug Foley 22242. Creating Safe Spaces in Predominantly White ClassroomsPamela Perry 22643. On Spotlighting and Ignoring Racial Group Membersin the ClassroomDorinda J. Carter 230Part XVI: Spearhead Conversations with Students aboutRacism in Their Lives and Yours 23544. Racial Incidents as Teachable MomentsLawrence Blum 23645. Debating Racially Charged TopicsIan F. Haney López 24246. Developing Antiracist School PolicyDavid Gillborn 246Part XVII: Talk Thoroughly with Colleaguesabout Race and Achievement 25347. Focusing on Student LearningJohn B. Diamond 25448. Moving Beyond Quick “Cultural” ExplanationsVivian Louie 25749. Naming the Racial Hierarchies That Arise During School ReformsRosemary Henze 26250. Spearheading School-wide ReformWillis D. Hawley 267Part XVIII: Analyze, with Colleagues and Students, HowYour Race Affects Your Teaching 27351. Responding to the “N-Word”Wendy Luttrell 27452. Engaging Diverse Groups of Colleagues in ConversationAlice McIntyre 27953. Locating Yourself for Your StudentsPriya Parmar and Shirley Steinberg 28354. Expanding Definitions of “Good Teaching”Lee Anne Bell 287SECTION EENGAGING COMMUNITIES FOR REAL 291Part XIX: Inquire Fully about Home Communities 29355. Valuing Students' Home WorldsEugene E. García 29456. Getting to Know Students' CommunitiesLeisy Wyman and Grant Kashatok 29957. Helping Students Research Their CommunitiesKathleen Cushman 305Part XX: Discuss Parents' Experiences of Racially UnequalOpportunity 30958. Cultivating the Trust of Black ParentsBeverly Daniel Tatum 31059. Helping Parents Fight Stereotypes about Their ChildrenJanie Victoria Ward 31460. Informing Parents about Available OpportunitiesRoslyn Arlin Mickelson and Linwood H. Cousins 318SECTION FKEEPING IT GOING 325Part XXI: Struggle to Change a System That Is Unequal,While Working Within It 32761. Resisting the “Lone Hero” StanceAudrey Thompson 32862. Recognizing the Likelihood of Reproducing RacismEduardo Bonilla-Silva and David G. Embrick 33463. Staying HopefulRonald David Glass 33764. What Is Next?Mica Pollock 341Complete List of Everyday Antiracist Strategies 343Notes 349Reference List 361Index 381

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