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Color by Number - Understanding Racism through Facts and Stats on Children (Paperback, New)
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Color by Number - Understanding Racism through Facts and Stats on Children (Paperback, New)
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Many deny that racism remains pervasive in America today. How can
we open eyes to the continuing disadvantages that keep many people
of color from fulfilling their potential, and having an equal
chance to achieve the American Dream ?By presenting the impact of
racism on the most innocent and powerless members of society
children of color in the form of statistics, this book aims to
change attitudes and perceptions. Children have no say about where
they are born or what school they attend. They have no control over
whether or not they get medical treatment when they fall ill. They
can t avoid exposure if their home is in a community blighted by
pollution. The questions this book poses are: What responsibility
do we expect children to take for their life circumstances? Do
those conditions blight their futures? If they aren t responsible,
who is? Are some in society privileged and complicit in denying
people of color the advantages and protections from harm most of us
take for granted? Through the cumulative effect of official
statistics rather than the more usual reliance on anecdote by
taking a show me the numbers approach this book will open minds,
start conversations, and even prompt readers to take action. While
the numbers are official they are often hard to find because they
are scattered across so many sources. Art Munin has not only done
the research, but shows the reader how to locate data on racial and
socio-economic disparities, and develop her or his own case or
classroom project."Color by Number" takes as its metaphorical point
of departure the familiar children s activity of that name. Art
Munin has painstakingly researched and gathered the numbers, and
has filled in the spaces to reveal the hidden picture of racism in
America from the perspectives of health, the environment, the law,
and education.This book is intended as a fact-based, antiracism
text for diversity and social justice courses, and as a resource
for diversity and social justice educators as they craft their
race, racism, and White privilege curricula. Art Munin s
multidisciplinary approach drawing on scholarly work from medicine,
law, sociology, psychology, and education provides the reader with
a comprehensive way to understand the pervasiveness of racism."
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