Writing Centers and the New Racism A Call for Sustainable Dialogue and Change

Name: Writing Centers and the New Racism A Call for Sustainable Dialogue and Change
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ISBN: 9780874218619

ISBN-10: 0874218616

ISBN-13: 9780874218619

Edition: 2011

Authors: Laura Greenfield, Karen Rowan

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Noting a lack of sustained and productive dialogue about race in university writing center scholarship, the editors of this volume have created a rich resource for writing center tutors, administrators, and scholars. Motivated by a scholarly interest in race and whiteness studies, and by an ethical commitment to anti-racism work, contributors address a series of related questions: How does institutionalized racism in American education shape the culture of literacy and language education in the writing center? How does racism operate in the discourses of writing center scholarship/lore, and how may writing centers be unwittingly complicit in racist practices? How can they meaningfully…

Book details

List price: $35.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Publication date: 10/16/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: A Call to Action




Foundational Theories on Racism, Rhetoric, Language, and Pedagogy



The Rhetorics of Racism: A Historical Sketch




The "Standard English" Fairy Tale: A Rhetorical Analysis of Racist Pedagogies and Commonplace Assumptions about Language Diversity




Should Writers Use They Own English?




Toward an Antiracist Praxis for Writing Centers



Retheorizing Writing Center Work to Transform a System of Advantage Based on Race




Bold: The Everyday Writing Center and the Production of New Knowledge in Antiracist Theory and Practice




Beyond the "Week Twelve Approach": Toward a Critical Pedagogy for Antiracist Tutor Education




Organizing for Antiracism in Writing Centers: Principles for Enacting Social Change




Research, Critical Case Studies, and the Messiness of Practice



Bias in the Writing Center: Tutor Perceptions of African American Language




Diversity as Topography: The Benefits and Challenges of Cross Racial Interaction in the Writing Center




Racial Literacy and the Writing Center




Breaking the Silence on Racism through Agency within a Conflicted Field




Stories of Lived Experience



"The Quality of Light": Using Narrative in a Peer Tutoring Class




Caught in a Firestorm: A Harsh Lesson Learned Teaching AAVE




On the Edges: Black Maleness, Degrees of Racism, and Community on the Boundaries of the Writing Center



Index


About the Authors