Teaching Race in the 21st Century College Teachers Talk about Their Fears, Risks, and Rewards

by Guerrero, Lisa

• ISBN13: 9780230608009
• ISBN10: 0230608000
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780230616950
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

This collection brings together pedagogical memoris on significant topics regarding teaching race in college, including student resistance, whiteness, professor identity, and curricula. Linking theory to practice, the essays create an accessible and useful way to look at teaching race for wide audiences interested in issues within higher education. Written by professors in various fields in the humanities and social sciences, the collection looks at how the integration of racial issues into the college classroom, though never straightforward, is extremely imperative, and should strive to respond to the changing landscapes of college campuses and American society. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Lisa Guerrero is Assistant Professor in Comparative Ethnic Studies at Washington State University. She has published essays on African American literature, race and popular culture, and race and sexuality. She is currently at work on a book-length project on satire and black masculinity in contemporary popular culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction: "Pardon Me, but There Seems to Be Race in My Education"	p. 1
Backgrounds and Contexts
The Strange Career of Ethnic Studies and Its Influences on the Teaching of Race and Ethnicity	p. 15
"If We Would Just Stop Talking about Race, It Would Stop Being a Problem": Confronting Resistance in the Classroom
Teaching the "Ism" in Racism, or, How to Transform Student Resistance	p. 35
Minor Concerns: The (Im)Possibilities of Critical Race Pedagogies	p. 49
An "Oriental Yankee" in Dixie; or Thinking Diversely about Diversity	p. 59
Teaching Race at Anti-Berkeley and Beyond	p. 71
"Why Do We Always Have to Talk about Race?" Teaching American Literature(s) in the Post-Affirmative Action Liberal Arts Environment	p. 83
"Race Doesn't Affect Me. I'm Just White": Race-ing Whiteness for Students
Rhetorics of Race: Mapping White Narratives	p. 97
Troubling History and Interrogating Whiteness: Teaching Race in a Segregated, White College Setting	p. 111
Investing in White Innocence: Colorblind Racism, White Privilege, and the New White Racist Fantasy	p. 123
"You're Teaching This Class on Race?": Negotiating Professors' Racial Positioning
White Teacher, Black Writers, White Students: Colorblindness and Racial Consciousness in Teaching African American Literature	p. 137
Do You See What I See?: Teaching Race in the Age of Colorblind America	p. 151
"I Don't See Why Race Is Even Important Anymore": Creating Dynamic Approaches and Assignments for Addressing Race
Teaching Race: Making the Invisible Concrete	p. 163
Resisting the Straight White Male as Hero/Protagonist in a Course on American Groups in American Films	p. 177
A New Era for Teaching American Indian Studies	p. 185
White Teaching White and (Sometimes) Black about Black	p. 199
Confronting Terrorism: Teaching the History of Lynching through Photography	p. 211
Dealing with the 9/11 Trigger: Lessons on Race from a Group Exercise	p. 227
About the Contributors	p. 237
Index	p. 243
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