Rethinking Race, Class, Language, and Gender A Dialogue with Noam Chomsky and Other Leading Scholars

by Orelus, Pierre Wilbert

• ISBN13: 9781442204553
• ISBN10: 1442204559
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-07-07
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Oftentimes, critical examinations of oppression solely focus on one type and neglect others. In this single volume, Pierre Orelus examines the way various forms of oppression, such as racism, classism, capitalism, sexism, and linguicism (linguistic discrimination) operate and limit the life chances people, across various race, class, language, and gender lines, have. Utilizing dialogue as a form of inquiry, Pierre Orelus conducts in-depth interviews carried over the course of two years with committed social justice educators and intellectuals from different fields and foci to examine the way and the extent to which these forms of oppression have profoundly affected the subjectivity and material conditions of women, poor working-class people, queer people, students of color, female faculty and faculty of color. This book presents a novel and critical perspective on race, social class, gender, and language issues echoed through authentic, collective, and dissident voices of these educators and intellectuals.

Author Biography

Pierre W. Orelus is assistant professor in the Curriculum and Instruction Department at New Mexico State University.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xix
About the Interviewees	p. xxi
Introduction	p. xxix
Mapping and Engaging the Debate on Race, Racism, and Other ôIsmsö: From Slavery to the Civil Rights Era to Barack Obama's Presidency and Beyond	p. 1
Unveiling Majoritarian Myths and Tales about Race and Racism: A Conversation	p. 7
The Fight against Racism and Classism: A Conversation	p. 17
Unmasking White Supremacy and Racism: A Conversation	p. 31
Against the Matrix of Oppressions: Toward a More Humane World	p. 53
Unpacking Racial and Socioeconomic Marginalizations: A Conversation	p. 59
Reexamining Social Inequality in Schools and Beyond: A Conversation	p. 67
Unveiling and Fighting against Discrimination in Schools and Society: A Conversation	p. 75
Multicultural Education Matters More Than Ever: A Conversation	p. 85
Redefining Democracy, Schooling, and Social Justice in the Supreme State of Western Neoliberalism and U.S. Imperialism	p. 91
Critical Pedagogy in Stark Opposition to Western Neoliberalism and the Corporatization of Schools: A Conversation	p. 97
Democracy, Schooling, and Neoliberalism: A Conversation	p. 111
The Trio of Inequities: Class, Gender, and Race	p. 121
Reexamining Class and Racial Dominations in the New Era of Western Capitalism: A Conversation	p. 129
Beyond Obama's Historical Symbolism: The Heavy Weight of Being Black/Brown in a Racist Society: A Conversation	p. 147
Confront Racial and Gender Oppressions in Schools: A Conversation	p. 161
I Say It How It Is: Exposing Racial Issues in the Classroom and Beyond: A Conversation	p. 169
Conclusion	p. 179
Afterword	p. 183
Bibliography	p. 187
Index	p. 195
About the Author	p. 203
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