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Gillborn, David – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2013
Drawing on Critical Race Theory (CRT) and illustrating with examples from the English system, the paper addresses the hidden racist dimension to contemporary education reforms and argues that this is a predictable and recurrent theme at times of economic crisis. Derrick Bell's concept of "interest-convergence" argues that moments of…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Race, African American Children, Whites