Courageous voices of immigrants and transnationals of color : counter narratives against discrimination in schools and beyond / Pierre W. Orelus ; foreword by Zeus Leonardo ; afterword by Richard Delgado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orelus, Pierre W.

Series:

Black studies & critical thinking ; v. 4.

Black studies & critical thinking

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Race relations.

Racism--United States--Psychological aspects.

Racism.

Psychological aspects.

Orelus, Pierre W.

Immigrants--United States.

Immigrants.

Discrimination in education--United States.

Discrimination in education.

Minorities--United States.

Minorities.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 162 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2011]

Summary:

Orelus (curriculum and instruction, New Mexico State U.) offers a part autoethnography and part broader study of how transnationals of color try to integrate into American society in the face of persistent racial marginalization. The other voices in this slim volume come from Jordan, Nigeria, Palestine, Puerto Rico, Algeria and Haiti. He focuses on not just race, but language and specifically how having accented but otherwise "perfect" English marks immigrants and transnationals as other. Orelus draws on critical race theorists, like Frantz Fanon, and critical pedagogy with the aim of providing a framework for educators to recognize and think through the persistence of racism and linguicism. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

My language, my voice, my freedom. A counternarrative of an ELL immigrant of color living in the U.S. diaspora

Change of context, change of identity. Price paid for being a transnational person of color with an accent

In search of a place called home. The linguistic, cultural, and socioeconomic dislocations of immigrants and transnationals of color

Facing racial and socioeconomic discrimination with courage

See their humanity in their otherness an appeal for equal rights for immigrants and transnationals of color

Critical pedagogy and the life struggles of immigrants and English learners of color

Being and feeling in exile. The heavy cost of being different.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1433109689

9781433109683

9781433109690

1433109697

OCLC:

744976200

Publisher Number:

99946135747