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Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools 1st Edition

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  • Age Range: 8 and up
  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Corwin; 1 edition (November 18, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0761988777
  • ISBN-13: 978-0761988779
  • Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.7 x 10 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
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Other 1- and 2-star reviewers have smelled-the-coffee. I continue to be surprised by the number of university, professional development, and school improvement programs that require this text. It is poorly written and edited, repetitive, unscholarly, and (only barely) conceals its true purpose as a self-serving, perpetual marketing tool for a consulting business. Which explains this text's explicit aversion to 'actionable items' that would make a REAL difference in the lives and achievement of minority (and majority) individuals, today. I have seen school districts, with mostly anglo staff and administrators, get sucked into three-plus years of perpetual consultations and 'training' in "courageous conversations" without much to show for their efforts. The reason is too simple (and self-apparent) to be marketable - any approach based on white-guilt is coming from the SAME self-centered and self-absorbed place as the racist, prejudiced, discriminatory attitudes and behaviors that are causing the problems. Real change can only occur in the context of real (authentic), caring, empathetic relationships with whoever we consider 'the other' (them), in the pursuit of THEIR GOALS - not our own. Nuff said on that. On a positive note, I would (and have) reccomend this as an excellent text for diversity programs and grad/phd-level students in search of a 'bad example' for critical thinking and analysis.
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This is truly a courageous book! Richard Hernstein first broke Political Correctness's stranglehold on the discussion of race and educational achievement with his book The Bell Curve, and though that groundbreaking book was meticulously researched, the author suffered a hail of mindless political-inspired assaults. Now, the authors of this book have built on Hernstein's work, calling for meaningful dialogue on what changes need to be made to the American educational establishment to provide meaningful results for non-whites.

If you care about the future of America, then read The Bell Curve and Courageous Conversations about Race!
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I thought this book was great to open up conversations with, but I found it was very much only black and white. Other nationalities were an afterthought.
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I live in a rapidly gentrifying part of town as my neighbors of color become fewer and fewer and more people like me move into it. What was once a predominantly African-American, working-class neighborhood is transforming into an upper-middle class and increasingly white neighborhood. Sadly, the neighborhood schools remain largely segregated, my new neighbors sending their children to other schools in the city or to private schools, my African-American neighbors sending their children to the schools close by. I find this disturbing. What I also find disturbing is the "achievement gap" between childern of color and White kids. Previously I had attributed this "achievement gap" to socio-economic differences and a lack of parental involvement in schools. I was wrong to think this, as Singleton and Linton address pointedly in their book. What causes this gulf - and more importantly, how it can be eliminated - has been a hot-button issue nationally with the passage of "No Child Left Behind" and locally as school districts seek to address this problem. Singleton and Linton suggest that the most effective place to begin is with a hard, cold look at the issue of race in American schools specifically and American society at large. A caveat - any meaningful discussion of race is going to be uncomfortable and disturbing for all parties, regardless of race. Singelton and Linton provide the context in which to have these disucssions, with the intent that participants (regardless of race) come to an understanding if not necessicarily consensus on the impact of racial relations in education.

The issue, they contend, is that our public school system has been created by and for Whites.
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I really liked the content of this book. It was very insightful and thought provoking. What I didn't like was the kindle version was missing part of the book because there were no rights to an electronic version from one of the people quoted in the book. When you are missing content, it makes it difficult to read. Luckily it was towards the end and there were about 6 parts, but they seemed like they might have been important to get a point across.
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This is a very important contribution to literature that can disrupt inequalities both inside and outside of schools. It's true that these are challenging conversations to have, but this is acknowledged in the text. I whole-heartedly disagree with reviews that assert this is an unnecessary conversation in 2015. There are several items that offer practical guidance within the book, and a number of excellent conversation starters. It is a worthy read.
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Really great book, highly recommended for anyone teaching.
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Excellent book, especially for teachers or anyone just getting into social justice work.
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