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Seller, Maxine, Ed.; Weis, Lois, Ed. – 1997
This collection explores diversity in American schools by opening the discussion to the unprecedented diversity of children in American schools. Sections on rethinking familiar minorities, newcomers to the country, and other, often unrecognized minorities, deal with the common themes of minority status, marginality, and resistance. The following…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Black Students
Weis, Lois, Ed.; Fine, Michelle, Ed. – 1993
This book presents the following 16 papers addressing race, class, and gender in U.S. education; institutionalized power and privilege; and policies, discourses, and practices that may silence powerless groups: (1) "Breaking through the Barriers: African American Job Candidates and the Academic Hiring Process" (Roslyn Arlin Mickelson,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Weis, Lois, Ed.; Fine, Michelle, Ed. – 2000
This book presents a collection of papers on the lives of urban youths in and out of school. There are 17 chapters in 4 parts. Part 1, "Spaces for Identity Work," includes: (1) "Writing on the Bias" (Linda Brodkey); (2) "Learning to Speak Out in an Abstinence-Based Sex Education Group: Gender and Race Work in an Urban…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asian Americans, Athletics, Blacks
