Whiteness interrupted white teachers and racial identity in predominantly black schools

Whiteness interrupted white teachers and racial identity in predominantly black schools

In Whiteness Interrupted Marcus Bell presents a revealing portrait of white teachers in majority-black schools in which he examines the limitations of understandings of how white racial identity is formed. Through in-depth interviews with dozens of white teachers from a racially segregated, urban sc...

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1. Verfasser: Bell, Marcus 1983- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Durham Duke University Press [2021]
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
African Americans > Crimes against > Public opinion
Education, Urban > United States
Racism in education > United States
Racism > United States > Public opinion
Teachers, White > United States > Attitudes
Teaching > Social aspects > United States
Whites > Race identity > United States
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Zusammenfassung:In Whiteness Interrupted Marcus Bell presents a revealing portrait of white teachers in majority-black schools in which he examines the limitations of understandings of how white racial identity is formed. Through in-depth interviews with dozens of white teachers from a racially segregated, urban school district in Upstate New York, Bell outlines how whiteness is constructed based on localized interactions and takes a different form in predominantly black spaces. He finds that in response to racial stress in a difficult teaching environment, white teachers conceptualized whiteness as a stigmatized category predicated on white victimization. When discussing race outside majority-black spaces, Bell's subjects characterized American society as postracial, in which race seldom affects outcomes. Conversely, in discussing their experiences within predominantly black spaces, they rejected the idea of white privilege, often angrily, and instead focused on what they saw as the racial privilege of blackness. Throughout, Bell underscores the significance of white victimization narratives in black spaces and their repercussions as the United States becomes a majority-minority society
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (258 Seiten)
ISBN:9781478021933
DOI:10.1215/9781478021933

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