"When Race Breaks Out"

Helen Fox is a retired faculty member of the University of Michigan’s Social Theory and Practice Program. She is the author of Their Highest Vocation: Social Justice and the Millennial Generation (2011), Listening to the World: Cultural Issues in Academic Writing (1994) and the editor, with C. Schroeder and P. Bizzell, of ALT DIS: Alternative Discourses and the Academy (2002), as well as many articles, speeches and book chapters.

• Contents: Starting With Ourselves: Telling Our Stories – Insider’s Guide Part I: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity – Insider’s Guide Part II: Discrimination, Racism,and Race Hatred – Classroom Confrontations – Having a «Civil Conversation» – Start With Students Where They Are: White Student Reactions – Mixing It Up: Reactions of Students of Color – Exercises, Assignments, and Advice – Annotated Resources and More Ideas for Assignments and Discussions.