Through Students' Eyes: Combating Racism in United States Schools

by Karen B. Donaldson

Overview

This book explores racism in American schools and provides possible solutions to this widespread problem. Dr. Donaldson documents recent incidents of racism and explores the manifestations of racism and its toll on our society. The major part of Donaldson's work focuses on the role of the arts in antiracist/multicultural education. She brings together the views of leaders in multicultural education with her own insights to substantiate the importance of the arts in fighting racism. Dr. Donaldson focuses her research on high school students, discovering that even high achievers perceive racism as a deterrent to their learning. The students most often perceive racism as a problem caused by adults, and Donaldson shows that multicultural arts can empower students to stand against this racism. Finally, Donaldson explores the reeducation of teachers in an antiracist, interdisciplinary curriculum development and implementation pilot study.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275954789
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/30/1996
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

KAREN B. McLEAN DONALDSON is Associate Professor and Cross Cultural Studies Institute Program Director at Alliant University in Alameda, California. She has worked as a multicultural education specialist for 15 years and is president of Multicultural Education Development, Inc.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Sonia Nieto
A Personal Note
Introduction: Racism in U.S. Schools—Crutch, Myth, or Reality?
Shall We Sit By While Racism Hurts our Children?
Racism in the United States and Its Schools, and Efforts to Reduce Racism
The New Role of the Arts in Antiracist/Multicultural Education
Students Take a Social Action Approach Against Racism in Schools
Assessing the Impact of an Antiracist/Multicultural Arts Curriculum
We Can Make a Difference
Now That We Have a Voice, Who Is Willing to Listen?
The Teacher Project—An Antiracist Pilot Study with Teachers
Where Do We Go from Here?
Appendices
References

Editorial Reviews

Documents the continuing racism in US schools with data from a variety of interviews, surveys, and study projects, most especially the High School Project, which studied an inner-city high school in a fairly large New England city. Also presents the Teach Project, which evolved from student ideas about solutions, and pivots on using the arts within antiracist and multicultural education. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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