Growing up white : a veteran teacher reflects on racism / Julie Landsman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landsman, Julie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in education--United States.

Discrimination in education.

Minorities--Education--United States.

Minorities.

Multicultural education--United States.

Multicultural education.

White people--Race identity.

White people.

Racism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Growing Up White is for everyone who wants to know more about our schools, our community, our country, and ourselves. Julie Landsman takes the reader on an inventory of her life, pulling from events and scenes, a set of lessons learned. She discloses honestly and unflinchingly the privileges she has experienced as a white person and connects those to her presence in city classrooms where she taught for over 25 years. As a teacher Julie made mistakes, learned from them, made more and concludes that understanding race in America is an ongoing process. Her book is rich with suggestions for workin

Contents:

The world as home

Bridging the divide

Discovering omissions, countering isolation

Negotiating power and identity

Alliances, risks and starting over

Working within, working from the outside

Gender, race and separation

There are no short cuts

Moments of vision, moments of dissonance.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-178) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-52243-4

9786612522437

1-57886-903-X

OCLC:

609846979