Acknowledgments p. viii
Introduction p. ix
School Staff, Family and Community Development p. 1
Overview p. 2
Anti-Racist Education: Pulling Together to Close the Gaps Enid Lee p. 3
Educating for Equality: Forging a Shared Vision Louise Derman-Sparks p. 13
Affirmation, Solidarity and Critique: Moving Beyond Tolerance in Education Sonia Nieto
Educating for Critical Practice Margo Okazawa-Rey p. 30
Approaches to Multicultural Curriculum Reform James A. Banks p. 37
Lessons Learned p. 39
Teaching Whites About Racism Christine Sleeter p. 40
White Racial Identity and Anti-Racist Education: A Catalyst for Change Sandra M. Lawrence and Beverly Daniel Tatum p. 49
The True Colors of the New Jim Toomey: Transformation, Integrity, Trust in Educating Teachers About Oppression Cindy Cohen p. 57
Activities for Workshops, Courses and Institutes p. 69
Personal Cultural History Exercise Margo Okazawa-Rey p. 70
De-Tracking the Tracking Dialogue Deborah Menkart p. 73
Tracking Teacher Expectations and Student Outcomes Noni Mendoza Reis and Irene McGinty p. 76
What Is the Bias Here? Staff Development for Critical Literacy p. 80
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack Peggy McIntosh p. 83
White Privilege in Schools Ruth Anne Olson p. 87
Developing Positive Racial Attitudes p. 89
Readings p. 91
Do You Know Where the Parents of Your Children Are? Hugh McKeown p. 92
Why Do You Force Your Ways? Frank Fingarsen p. 96
Growing Up Gay Katherine Whitlock p. 98
Understanding the Needs of Youth: "Who 'You Calling Violent?" Luis Rodriguez p. 103
A B.S. in Education (Poem) Toni Blackman p. 108
When the Frame Becomes the Picture Clem Marshall p. 109
Dear High School Teacher Kai James p. 114
Dear Principal Muriel Clarke p. 116
What I've Learned About Undoing Racism Andrea Ayvazian p. 118
Distancing Behaviors Often Used by White People James Edler and Bruce Irons p. 120
"Every one of our teachers believed in us." (Essay) Debbie Wei p. 121
Butterflies (Short Story) Patricia Grace p. 122
Reading Between the Lines: Critical Literacy p. 123
Lies My Textbook Told Me: Racism and Anti-Racism in U.S. History James Loewen p. 124
The Men (Poem) E. Ethelbert Miller p. 131
Bias in Children's Movies: Pocahontas Tom Roderick and Laura McClure and Chief Roy Crazy Horse p. 132
So Mexicans Are Taking Jobs from Americans (Poem) Jimmy Santiago Baca p. 137
Arab Stereotypes and American Educators Marvin Wingfield and Bushra Karaman p. 138
Media Myths Contribute to Hunger in Africa Deborah Menkart p. 143
Language p. 145
The Best of Both Worlds Marlene Carter p. 146
Language Diversity and Learning Lisa Delpit p. 154
"Say 'ask,' Deneese" (Story Excerpt) A. J. Verdelle[greater than or equal] p. 165
Racism in the English Language Robert B. Moore p. 166
Yuba City School (Poem) Chitra Divakaruni p. 170
Equity and Literacy: The Challenge of the Decade Enid Lee p. 171
Bilingual Education: Talking Points J. David Ramirez p. 178
Linguistic Human Rights and Education Alma Flor Ada p. 187
Lessons for the Classroom p. 191
Early Childhood p. 192
Activism and Preschool Children Louise Derman-Sparks p. 193
Redefining the Norm: Early Childhood Anti-Bias Strategies Ellen Wolpert p. 198
Social Studies and Language Arts p. 215
Students' Stories in Action Comics Debbie Wei p. 216
Para Teresa (Poem) Ines Hernandez-Avila p. 226
Portrait Poems: Stepping into the World of Others Linda Christensen p. 228
Mountains of Prejudice; Streams of Justice: The Cherokee/Seminole Removal Role Play Bill Bigelow p. 231
The Institutionalization of Racism Deborah Menkart p. 240
Violence, the KKK, and the Struggle for Equality CEA p. 247
The Business of Drugs Deborah Menkart p. 264
The Cost of an Election Ben Forbes p. 275
Exclusion-Chinese in 19th Century America Debbie Wei p. 281
Angel Island Debbie Wei p. 291
Paradise and the Politics of Tourist Hawai'i Wayne Au p. 293
Mathematics p. 299
Exploring Economic Inequities Jan M. Goodman p. 301
Reading the World with Math: Goals for a Critical Mathematical Literacy Curriculum Marilyn Frankenstein p. 306
The Algebra Project Liz Hottel p. 313
Science and Geography p. 314
A Question of Biology: Are the Races Different? Richard C. Lewontin p. 315
An Issues Approach to Chemistry p. 320
A Theme for Biology: Crop Diversity Louis Werner p. 322
Environmental Racism and Native American Reservations Lynette Selkurt p. 323
The Arts p. 325
Taking a Stand: Student-Led Drama and Dialogue Karen Donaldson p. 326
Busting Ads with Art Liz Hottel p. 329
Technology p. 331
Global Learning Networks: Gaining Perspective on Our Lives with Distance Kristin Brown and Jim Cummins and Enid Figueroa and Dennis Sayers p. 332
On the Road to Cultural Bias: A Critique of "The Oregon Trail" CD-ROM Bill Bigelow p. 351
Schoolwide Activities p. 361
Cultural Clubs in Public Schools Bakari Chavanu p. 362
School Mascots Barbara Miner p. 366
Girl Power Lisa Berndt and Amy Epstein and Valerie Minor p. 368
Holidays and Heritage p. 373
Heritage Months and Celebrations: Some Considerations Deborah Menkart p. 374
Holidays: An Anti-Bias Approach Julie Bisson p. 377
A Native Perspective on Thanksgiving p. 379
Asian American (Poem) Joyce Miyamoto p. 381
Activists for Social Change p. 382
La Llorona: Exploring Myth and Reality Marta Urquilla p. 390
Where I'm From: Inviting Student Lives into the Classroom Linda Christensen p. 392
Negotiating Pitfalls and Possibilities: Presenting Folk Arts in the Schools Debora Kodish and William Westerman p. 396
On the Question of Race (Poem) Quique Aviles and Michelle Banks p. 401
Talking Back p. 403
Looking Through an Anti-Racist Lens Enid Lee p. 404
Compassion and Improvisation: Learning to Stand Up For Others Linda Christensen p. 407
"Talking Back" Stories p. 409
Glossary p. 421
Word Power p. 422
Index p. 427
About the Editors p. 433
About Teaching for Change p. 434