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Colormute Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School

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ISBN-10: 0691123950

ISBN-13: 9780691123950

Edition: 2004

Authors: Mica Pollock

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Description:

'Colormute' explores one of the most confounding questions of US racial practice: when to speak about people in racial terms. Framing schools as key locations for such American 'race talk dilemmas', the text traces six central dilemmas of American race talk.
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Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 10/23/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.17" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
WeDon't Belong to Simple Race Groups, but We Do
Race Doesn't Matter, but It Does
TheDe-Raced Words We Use When Discussing Plans for Racial Equality Can Actually Keep Us from Discussing Ways to Make Opportunities Racially Equal
The More Complex Inequality Seems to Get, the More Simplistic Inequality Analysis Seems to Become
TheQuestions We Ask Most about RaceAretheVery Questions We Most Suppress
Although Talking in Racial Terms Can Make Race Matter, Not Talking in Racial Terms Can Make Race Matter Too
Moving Forward
Practically Speaking: Words for Educators in Particular
Note
Bibliography