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We Can't Teach What We Don't Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools (Multicultural Education Series)

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ISBN-13: 978-0807738009
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Product Details

  • Series: Multicultural Education Series
  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Teachers College Press (February 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 080773800X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0807738009
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.7 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 starsUseful for white folks (& others trying to understand us?)
By Virginia R on February 27, 2004
Format: Paperback
This book is intended as a "racism 101" for white educators, and it is extremely successful as an introductory text.
What's in the book?
It begins with a personal narrative, explaining how the author (who is white) went from ignorance of racism to being an internationally known anti-racist activist. It continues with a history of how Europeans and their descendants gained their dominant position; an exploration of how this history affects white people and people of color today; suggestions for white awakening and action; a review of psychological literature on "white identity development," followed by a deeper discussion of how this development works; and a final call to share in vision and action.
Who will find it useful?
(1) Antiracist activists seeking to educate white educators will find this book a *very* useful tool. I highly recommend it for this purpose. It is a basic introductory text, as I said a sort of "Racism 101," but unlike many other excellent books with similar scope and goals, this one is well-received by white educators who are new to this field. (More on this below)
(2) White educators who want to fight racism but have little prior exposure to anti-racist literature, and/or those who have reacted with hurt, anger and confusion to anti-racist literature they have encountered, will probably find this book helpful, comforting, eye-opening and inspiring.
(3) Those who have already read extensively on this topic may find the book a bit basic, and at times iffy in its analysis. Howard's historical overview is fine as an overview, but his attempt at historical/sociological theory re the origins and function of racism is a bit superficial and generally not well-grounded in current thinking.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsThought Provoking
By A Customer on November 22, 2001
Format: Paperback
If you've ever beeen called racist by your students, but you think you're not, than this is a must read for you. Howard takes the reader on a journey of self discovery, helping the reader to understand the subtle and overt elements of racial discrimination that are present in today's schools. While "tools" or quick fixes are not presented, the book efficiently and concretely addresses the underlying assumptions that form the basis of US society and education systems that promote discrimination and maintain the status quo. The author uses his personal and historical experiences to illustrate the nature of white privilege, the assumption of rightness and normalacy. By examining these topics, teachers are able to examine their daily activities, decisions and speech to identify and eliminate the promotion of such values. This book helps us move past "I see all my children the same, I don't care if they are white, black, brown, or purple." To truly accepting that we see each other differently, that we should acknowledge and celebrate the differences, that we can learn from one another and that through acceptance we find our similarities.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAlso Useful for Teachers of Color
By J. Bennett on October 13, 2006
Format: Paperback
This book was a nice surprise as a pre-service teacher in education classes where the realities of white supremacy is not discussed, the first hand experiences of teachers of color are silenced, black/Latino or "at-risk multicultural" students are demonized, poor white kids are invisible and the issues of other groups are addressed superficially through "practical strategies"mandated by here today/ gone tomorrow popular scholars. This book gave me as an African American educator a space to see how whiteness functions in everyone's lives in the public school system. Each page helped me understand better why white people sometimes act in certain ways.

Thank you Gary Howard for the excellent analysis and methods for all teachers to use as they transform themselves and their schools.
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3.0 out of 5 starsHistorical Perspective on Racism
By A Customer on July 7, 2001
Format: Paperback
The author spent the majority of the book relaying the historical background of races comparing non-white and white perspectives. In reading the book, I did find and begin to understand the assumptions (culture) of the white race and how it is perceived by other cultures. In this perspective the book had value. I was disappointed in that the author did not provide any depth or examples from a teacher's perspective of how best to adjust the white cultural perceptions to the multiracial classroom beyond being aware of the differences. This book is directed towards cultural awareness rather than a teacher's resource tool. Not necessarily recommended for those looking for the "tools."
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn excellent example of readable theory for the practitioner
By A Customer on August 21, 2001
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In that over 90% of teachers in this country are White, Howard's book meets a definite need in the educational community. Seamlessly combining his own experiences with the most current race/ethnicity theory, the author helps Whites understand that we have an ethnicity, also, and how that influences our ability to teach. Step by step, he illustrates what Whites can expect as we begin to discover our own cultural identity. While this experience is often an uncomfortable one, he shows that it is possible to acknowledge our responsibility for oppression of other groups without basing our identity solely on guilt. He deals candidly with the issue of White privilege, but notes that one can be anti-racist without being anti-White, for the "'enemy' is dominance itself, not White people." The greatest strength of this book may be that it provides a way for us to move forward in hope as we seek new ways of living together. While he does not provide specific classroom resources in this book, he refers to his work with the REACH Center for Multicultural Education in making such materials available.
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too one sided. white shaming. should be written in one chapter.

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