Sailing against the wind : African Americans and women in U.S. education

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Sailing against the wind : African Americans and women in U.S. education

edited by Kofi Lomotey

(SUNY series frontiers in education)

State University of New York Press, c1997

  • pbk. : alk. paper

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-176) and index

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Sailing Against the Wind addresses the issue of inequality in U.S. education. The book includes exemplary programs to show where educators are addressing problems of racial and gender inequity. The authors are experienced practitioners who work in the educational institutions that they describe and analyze. The consistent theme is that only through political opposition to the status quo and through a demand for social justice will the system change, will inequities be eliminated, and will existing power relationships in society be altered.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Tryphenia B. Peele and Michele Foster I. Introduction II. Multiculturalism Re-examined 1. What Does It Mean? Exploring the Myths of Multiculturalism Natalie G. Adams 2. Race, Gender, and Class Oppression: The Role of Multicultural Education Harriet Walker 3. Understanding Persons with Disabilities Annette Jackson-Lowery III. African American Students in Secondary Schools 4. Lisa's Quiet Fight: School Structure and African American Adolescent Females Jill Harrison 5. Nonsynchrony at the Secondary Level: Impediments to the Pursuit of Higher Education Janie Simmons 6. The Miseducation of African Americans in Public High Schools Debbie Maddux 7. Cultural/Racial Diversity in the School: A Case Study in a High School English Class Jeff Gagne 8. The Voices behind the Faces: What Listening to Students Can Teach Teachers Amy M. Zganjar IV. Women in Higher Education 9. Women in Higher Education? Laura Davis 10. Sailing Against the Wind: African American Women, Higher Education, and Power Gwendolyn E. Snearl 11. I Am Woman. Hear Me Roar ... After Class ... in the Hall: Institutional Satisfaction among Older Women Students: The Conflict between Research and Reality Diane Sistrunk V. African American Students in Higher Education 12. Black Students on White Campuses: Overcoming the Isolation Sandy E. Aubert 13. African American Athletes at Predominantly White Universities Janis Simms 14. Ethnic/Cultural Centers on Predominantly White Campuses: Are They Necessary? Stuart Johnson 15. Black and White Athletes at Universities: Living in Two Different Worlds Michael Garrett References About the Editor Contributors Index

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