Description
Critical Pedagogy and Race argues that a rigorous engagement with race is a priority for educators concerned with equality in schools and in society.
- A landmark collection arguing that engaging with race at both conceptual and practical levels is a priority for educators.
- Builds a stronger engagement of race-based analysis in the field of critical pedagogy.
- Brings together a melange of theories on race, such as Afro-centric, Latino-based, and postcolonial perspectives.
- Includes historical studies, and social justice ideas on activism in education.
- Questions popular concepts, such as white privilege, color-blind perspectives, and race-neutral pedagogies.
About the Author
Zeus Leonardo is Visiting Associate Professor at University of California, Berkley. He was previously Associate Professor in the College of Education at California State University, Long Beach and Visiting Professor and Acting Director of the Center for Multicultural Education at University of Washington, Seattle. His previous publications include Charting New Terrains of Chicano(a)/Latino(a) Education (2000) and Ideology, Discourse, and School Reform (2003).
