City Kids : Transforming Racial Baggage / Maria Kromidas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kromidas, Maria, Author.

Series:

Rutgers series in childhood studies.

Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnicity in children--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.

Ethnicity in children.

Multiculturalism--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Case studies.

Multiculturalism.

Race awareness in children--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.

Race awareness in children.

Race--Study and teaching (Elementary)--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.

Race.

United States--Race relations--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Case studies.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Cosmopolitanism-the genuine appreciation of cultural and racial diversity-is often associated with adult worldliness and sophistication. Yet, as this innovative new book suggests, children growing up in multicultural environments might be the most cosmopolitan group of all. City Kids profiles fifth-graders in one of New York City's most diverse public schools, detailing how they collectively developed a sophisticated understanding of race that challenged many of the stereotypes, myths, and commonplaces they had learned from mainstream American culture. Anthropologist Maria Kromidas spent over a year interviewing and observing these young people both inside and outside the classroom, and she vividly relates their sometimes awkward, often playful attempts to bridge cultural rifts and reimagine racial categories. Kromidas looks at how children learned race in their interactions with each other and with teachers in five different areas-navigating urban space, building friendships, carrying out schoolwork, dealing with the school's disciplinary policies, and enacting sexualities. The children's interactions in these areas contested and reframed race. Even as Kromidas highlights the lively and quirky individuals within this super-diverse group of kids, she presents their communal ethos as a model for convivial living in multiracial settings. By analyzing practices within the classroom, school, and larger community, City Kids offers advice on how to nurture kids' cosmopolitan tendencies, making it a valuable resource for educators, parents, and anyone else who is concerned with America's deep racial divides. Kromidas not only examines how we can teach children about antiracism, but also considers what they might have to teach us.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

TRANSCRIPTION CONVENTIONS

INTRODUCTION. The Transformative Politics of Learning Race

1. SENSING URBAN SPACE

2. LOVING FRIENDS AND THINGS

3. THE COLLECTIVE LABORS OF CONVIVIALITY

4. RACIST OR FAIR?

5. ENACTING SEX ED

CONCLUSION. Out of the Heart of Whiteness

Notes

References

Index

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

9780813584805

0813584809

9780813584812

0813584817

OCLC:

961912556