Whiteness Interrupted - White Teachers and Racial Identity in Predominantly Black Schools (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Duke University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Marcus Bell
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-1-4780-1370-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Secondary schools > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-4780-1370-2
Barcode:	9781478013709

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