The Handbook of Race and Adult Education: A Resource for Dialogue on Racism (Jossey-Bass Higher Education Series)

419 Pages·2010·2.01 MB·English

by  Vanessa Sheared

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The Handbook of Race and Adult Education

The Handbook of Race
and Adult Education
A RE S OU R C E F O R DI A L O GU E
ON RACISM
Vanessa Sheared
Juanita Johnson-Bailey
Scipio A. J. Colin III
Elizabeth Peterson
Stephen D. Brookfield
and Associates
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C O N T E N T S
AbouttheAuthors xi
Acknowledgments xxi
Foreword xxv
TheBeginning:KitchenTableDialogue 1
VanessaSheared,JuanitaJohnson-Bailey,ScipioA.J.ColinIII,and
StephenD.Brookfield
PART ONE: The Myth Versus the Reality of Race 27
and Racism
1 Rebirth of the Indigenous Spirit: Turning the World 31
Right Side Up
RoseBorunda
2 Reading, Writing, and Racism: Developing Racial 43
Literacy in the Adult Education English Classroom
YolandaSealey-Ruiz
3 Experiencing the Race, Gender, and Socioeconomic 55
Divide in Academia: A Chicana Perspective
RaquelA.Gonza´lesandMariaMejorado
4 TransformingTeachingandLearning:TeachingRace 71
NicholeM.Ray
vii
5 ‘‘Who Is This Cowboy?’’ Challenging the 83
Cultural Gatekeepers
LesleyNgatai
Reflection One: Healing: A Journey Through 95
Conversations on Race and Gender
PART TWO: Problematizing ‘‘Whiteness,’’ Supremacy, 101
and Privilege: Their Impact on Race
6 White Whispers: Talking About Race in 105
Adult Education
LisaM.Baumgartner
7 Transforming White Consciousness 119
DougPaxton
8 Adult Education and the Problem of the Color 133
(Power) Line: Views from the Whiter Side
ElaineManglitzandRonaldM.Cervero
9 White on White: Developing Capacity to 145
Communicate About Race with Critical Humility
European-AmericanCollaborative
ChallengingWhiteness
Reflection Two: Struggling: A Journey of Comfort 159
and Discomfort
PART THREE: TheoreticalResponsestoRaceandRacism 167
10 An Exploration of Critical Race Theory 173
RosemaryB.Closson
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