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When race breaks out : conversations about race and racism in college classrooms / Helen Fox.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fox, Helen, author.
- Series:
- Higher ed ; v. 29.
- Higher ed : questions about the purpose(s) of colleges & universities ; Vol. 29
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College teaching--Social aspects--United States.
- College teaching.
- Racism--United States.
- Racism.
- College teaching--Social aspects.
- United States.
- United States--Race relations.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 258 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- Third revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2017]
- Summary:
- The third revised edition of "When Race Breaks Out" is a guide for college and high school teachers who want to promote honest and informed conversations about race and racism. Based on the author's personal practice and interviews with students and faculty from a variety of disciplines, this book combines personal memoirs, advice, teaching ideas, and lively classroom vignettes. A unique insider's guide to the salient ideas, definitions, and opinions about race helps instructors answer students' questions and anticipate their reactions, both to the material and to each other. An extensive annotated bibliography of articles, books, and videos with recommendations for classroom use is included. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Starting with Ourselves: Telling Our Stories About Race 1
- Chapter 2 Insider's Guide Part I: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity 13
- Chapter 3 Insider's Guide Part II: Discrimination, Racism, and Race Hatred 31
- Chapter 4 Classroom Confrontations 47
- Chapter 5 Having a "Civil Conversation" 61
- Chapter 6 Start with Students where they are: White Student Reactions 77
- Chapter 7 Mixing It Up: Reactions of Students of Color 93
- Chapter 8 Exercises, Assignments, and Advice 109.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Frances Baylinson Rosenbluth Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781433134784
- 1433134780
- OCLC:
- 963910055
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