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Asian American Youth Violence as Genocide: A Critical Appraisal and Its Pedagogical Significance
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Lam, Kevin D. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2019
This article provides an analysis of Asian American gang violence within the context of racialization and the legacy of imperialism. The analysis is grounded in a specific study of the Van Nuys (CA) Asian Boys gang and the particularities of Asian American gang violence in Southern California during the 1990s. Drawing from historical writings on…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Youth, Violence, Juvenile Gangs
Critical Ethnic Studies in Education: Revisiting Colonialism, Genocide, and US Imperialism--An Introduction
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Lam, Kevin D. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2019
A critical ethnic studies in education is a way to extend or push notions of equity and justice in education. It is necessary given the deleterious impact of neoliberal policies and practices that support an a historical, apolitical, and non-materialist understanding of history. The four articles in this symposium offer a critical comparative…
Descriptors: Ethnic Studies, Social Justice, Neoliberalism, Death
Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Context in School-Associated Student Homicides
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Kaufman, Joanne M.; Hall, Jeffrey E.; Zagura, Michelle – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
This study assessed the importance of sex, race/ethnicity, and geographic context for incidents of school-associated student homicides between July 1, 1994 and June 30, 1999, covering 5 academic years. Using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention School Associated Violent Deaths Study (n = 125 incidents), we compared percentages…
Descriptors: Violence, Ethnicity, Rural Areas, Urban Areas