The field of critical race theory has gotten increasingly more attention as an emerging perspective on race, the law, and policy. Critical race theory examines the social construction of the law, administrative policy, electoral politics, and political discourse in the U.S. Race Is
Author(s): Laurence Parker, Donna Deyhle, Sofia Villenas
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 296
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Introduction to Critical Race Theory in Educational Research and Praxis......Page 12
1 Just What Is Critical Race Theory and What's It Doing in a Nice Field Like Education?......Page 18
2 Critical Race Theory and Praxis: Chicano(a)/Latino(a) and Navajo Struggles for Dignity, Educational Equity, and Social Justice......Page 42
3 "¡Adelante!": Toward Social Justice and Empowerment in Chicana/o Communities and Chicana/o Studies......Page 64
4 Research Methods as a Situated Response: Toward a First Nations' Methodology......Page 94
5 Toward a Definition of a Latino Family Research Paradigm......Page 112
6 Formations of Mexicananess: Trenzas de identidades múltiples (Growing Up Mexicana: Braids of Multiple Identities)......Page 136
7 Race, Class, Gender, and Classroom Discourse......Page 166
8 Critical Race Theory and Interest Convergence in the Desegregation of Higher Education......Page 192
9 Negotiating Borders of Consciousness in the Pursuit of Education: Identity Politics and Gender of Second-Generation Korean American Women......Page 216
10 Separate and Still Unequal: Legal Challenges to School Tracking and Ability Grouping in America's Public Schools......Page 242
11 Conclusion......Page 262
About the Editors and Contributors......Page 284
C......Page 288
D......Page 289
F......Page 290
L......Page 291
N......Page 292
R......Page 293
S......Page 294
Z......Page 295
