Whiteness Interrupted : White Teachers and Racial Identity in Predominantly Black Schools /

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In Whiteness Interrupted Marcus Bell presents a revealing portrait of white teachers in majority-black schools in which he examines the limitations of understandings of how white racial identity is formed. Through in-depth interviews with dozens of white teachers from a racially segregated, urban sc...

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Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
Preface and Acknowledgments --
Introduction: Whiteness in America --
1. White Racelessness --
2. The Color Line and the Classroom --
3. Becoming White Teachers --
4. The White Race Card --
5. Colorblind --
Conclusion: White Identity Politics and the Coming Crisis of Place --
Appendix: Methodology and Research Design --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index
1. Verfasser:
Bell, Marcus (VerfasserIn, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Durham : Duke University Press, [2021]
Zusammenfassung:
In Whiteness Interrupted Marcus Bell presents a revealing portrait of white teachers in majority-black schools in which he examines the limitations of understandings of how white racial identity is formed. Through in-depth interviews with dozens of white teachers from a racially segregated, urban school district in Upstate New York, Bell outlines how whiteness is constructed based on localized interactions and takes a different form in predominantly black spaces. He finds that in response to racial stress in a difficult teaching environment, white teachers conceptualized whiteness as a stigmatized category predicated on white victimization. When discussing race outside majority-black spaces, Bell's subjects characterized American society as postracial, in which race seldom affects outcomes. Conversely, in discussing their experiences within predominantly black spaces, they rejected the idea of white privilege, often angrily, and instead focused on what they saw as the racial privilege of blackness. Throughout, Bell underscores the significance of white victimization narratives in black spaces and their repercussions as the United States becomes a majority-minority society.
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1 online resource (258 p.)
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
ISBN:
9781478021933
9783110743319
DOI:
10.1515/9781478021933
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restricted access
Schlagworte:
African Americans > Crimes against > Public opinion.
Education, Urban > United States.
Racism in education > United States.
Racism > United States > Public opinion.
Teachers, White > United States > Attitudes.
Teaching > Social aspects > United States.
Whites > Race identity > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
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