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Racism and Education - Coincidence or Conspiracy? (Hardcover, New)
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Racism and Education - Coincidence or Conspiracy? (Hardcover, New)
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Education policy is not designed to eliminate race inequality but
to sustain it at manageable levels. This is the inescapable
conclusion of the first major study of the English education system
using 'critical race theory'. David Gillborn has been described as
Britain's 'most influential race theorist in education'. In this
book he dissects the role of racism across the education system;
from national policies to school-level decisions about discipline
and academic selection. Race inequality is not accidental and
things are not getting better. Despite occasional 'good news'
stories about fluctuations in statistics, the reality is that race
inequality is so deeply entrenched that it is effectively 'locked
in' as a permanent feature of the system. Built on a foundation of
compelling evidence, from national statistics to studies of
classroom life, this book shows how race inequality is shaped and
legitimized across the system. The study explores a series of key
issues including: the impact of the 'War on Terror' and how policy
privileges the interests of white people how assessment systems
produce race inequality exposes the 'gifted and talented' programme
as a form of eugenic thinking based on discredited and racist myths
about intelligence and ability documents the Stephen Lawrence case
revealing how policy makers have betrayed earlier commitments to
race equality shows how 'model minorities' are created and used to
counter anti-racism how education policy is implicated in the
defence of white power. Conspiracy? Racism & Education takes
critical antiracist analyses to a new level and represents a
fundamental challenge to current assumptions in the field. With a
preface by Richard Delgado, one of the founders of critical race
theory.
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