Color in the Classroom How American Schools Taught Race, 1900-1954

Name: Color in the Classroom How American Schools Taught Race, 1900-1954
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ISBN: 9780199751723

ISBN-10: 0199751722

ISBN-13: 9780199751723

Edition: 2011

Authors: Zoï¿½ Burkholder

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Color in the Classroomis the first historical analysis of how schools and teachers have powerfully influenced the social construction of race in America. Between the turn of the twentieth century and the historicBrown v. Board of Educationdecision in 1954, the way that American schools taught about "race" changed dramatically. This transformation was engineered by the nation's most prominent activists, including Franz Boas, Ruth Benedict, and Margaret Mead during World War II. Inspired by scientific racism in Nazi Germany, anthropologists decided that the best way to fight racial prejudice was to teach what they saw as the "truth" about race in the one institution that had the power to do…

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List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/13/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Introduction: The Social Construction of Race in American Schools



Race as Nation, 1900-1938



Franz Boas: Reforming "Race" in American Schools



Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead: Teaching Teachers Race and Culture



Race as Color, 1939-1945



Race as Culture, 1946-1954


Conclusion Race and Educational Equality after Brown v. Board of Education


Notes


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