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Crime drama starring rapper 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) as a
weapons dealer who is under investigation by the FBI. Rich
(Jackson) is in the middle of a gun deal gone wrong when ex-con
Angel (Val Kilmer), who is working for the cops to get inside
information on Rich's crew, saves his life. However, when Rich's
lover and weapons supplier, Gabriella (AnnaLynne McCord) begins to
get suspicious and is caught in the middle of a shoot-up herself,
things look set to turn ugly.
The phrase 'the edge of race' can be used both as a description and
as a response to two key concerns. The first of these is that while
race is increasingly on the periphery of education policy - with a
growing disregard shown for racist inequities, as education systems
become dominated by market-driven concerns - it is important that
we map the shifting relations of race in neoliberal politics and
policies. The second concern is that at this time, within and
outside the spaces of the academy, even to mention race equity is
to risk condemnation, marginalization, and ridicule. The authors in
this collection use 'the edge of race' as a provocation in order to
examine the concepts, methodologies, policies, politics, processes,
and practices associated with race and racism in education. The
chapters offer empirical examples of the perpetuation and
perniciousness of racism that point to the continued salience of
research about race. Additionally, the chapters make contributions
to conceptual and methodological understandings of race and racism.
The contributors illustrate the contingency, productivity, and
fragility of race as a concept, and point to how educational
research continues to be a contested site in, and from which to
study, race and education. This book was originally published as a
special issue of Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of
Education.
This volume offers a deep interpretation of Edward Said's literary
thought towards the development of educational criticism. Insofar
as Said's academic career was built around the contours of literary
analysis, Leonardo demonstrates how Said's work propels scholarship
on schooling in ways that enrich our ability to generate insights
about the educational enterprise. The book draws from four main
themes of Said's work - knowledge construction as part of empire,
representations and reconstruction of the intellectual, the exile
condition, and contrapuntal analysis. These themes cohere in
providing the elements of educational criticism and placing them in
the wider context of a rapidly changing sociality and educational
system. The author reviews key arguments in the field whilst
contributing new analyses designed to elicit wide-ranging
discussions. Edward Said and Education is a valuable teaching
resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of education
studies, postcolonial studies, and ethnic studies.
In the colorblind era of Post-Civil Rights America, race is
often wrongly thought to be irrelevant or, at best, a problem of
racist individuals rather than a systemic condition to be
confronted. Race, Whiteness, and Education interrupts this
dangerous assumption by reaffirming a critical appreciation of the
central role that race and racism still play in schools and
society. Author Zeus Leonardo s conceptual engagement of race and
whiteness asks questions about its origins, its maintenance, and
envisages its future. This book does not simply rehearse exhausted
ideas on the relationship among race, class, and education, but
instead offers new ways of understanding how multiple social
relations interact with one another and of their impact in thinking
about a more genuine sense of multiculturalism. By asking
fundamental questions about whiteness in schools and society, Race,
Whiteness, and Education goes to the heart of race relations and
the common sense understandings that sustain it, thus painting a
clearer picture of the changing face of racism.
In the colorblind era of Post-Civil Rights America, race is
often wrongly thought to be irrelevant or, at best, a problem of
racist individuals rather than a systemic condition to be
confronted. Race, Whiteness, and Education interrupts this
dangerous assumption by reaffirming a critical appreciation of the
central role that race and racism still play in schools and
society. Author Zeus Leonardo 's conceptual engagement of race and
whiteness asks questions about its origins, its maintenance, and
envisages its future. This book does not simply rehearse exhausted
ideas on the relationship among race, class, and education, but
instead offers new ways of understanding how multiple social
relations interact with one another and of their impact in thinking
about a more genuine sense of multiculturalism. By asking
fundamental questions about whiteness in schools and society, Race,
Whiteness, and Education goes to the heart of race relations and
the common sense understandings that sustain it, thus painting a
clearer picture of the changing face of racism.
This volume offers a deep interpretation of Edward Said's literary
thought towards the development of educational criticism. Insofar
as Said's academic career was built around the contours of literary
analysis, Leonardo demonstrates how Said's work propels scholarship
on schooling in ways that enrich our ability to generate insights
about the educational enterprise. The book draws from four main
themes of Said's work - knowledge construction as part of empire,
representations and reconstruction of the intellectual, the exile
condition, and contrapuntal analysis. These themes cohere in
providing the elements of educational criticism and placing them in
the wider context of a rapidly changing sociality and educational
system. The author reviews key arguments in the field whilst
contributing new analyses designed to elicit wide-ranging
discussions. Edward Said and Education is a valuable teaching
resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of education
studies, postcolonial studies, and ethnic studies.
Education and Racism is a concise and easily accessible primer for
introducing undergraduate and graduate students to the field of
race and education. Designed for introductory courses, each chapter
provides an overview of a main issue or dilemma in the research on
racial inequality and education and the particular approaches that
have been offered to explain or address them. Theme-oriented
chapters include curriculum, school (re)segregation, and high
stakes testing as well as discussions on how racism intersects with
other forms of marginality, like socio-economic status. The focus
on particular educational themes is the strength of this book as it
paints a portrait of the systematic nature of racism. It surveys
multiple approaches to racism and education and places them in
conversation with one another, incorporating both classical as well
as contemporary theories. Although conceptually rich and dense with
critical perspectives and empirical study, this expanded edition
contains several powerful vignettes that illustrate the commanding
roles racism and structural inequality continue to play in the
classroom. Perfect for courses in Multicultural Education,
Sociology of Education, Ethnic Studies and more, Education and
Racism is the ideal primer for engaging students new to race and
education without sacrificing the content for those who are already
familiar with the field.
Education and Racism is a concise and easily accessible primer for
introducing undergraduate and graduate students to the field of
race and education. Designed for introductory courses, each chapter
provides an overview of a main issue or dilemma in the research on
racial inequality and education and the particular approaches that
have been offered to explain or address them. Theme-oriented
chapters include curriculum, school (re)segregation, and high
stakes testing as well as discussions on how racism intersects with
other forms of marginality, like socio-economic status. The focus
on particular educational themes is the strength of this book as it
paints a portrait of the systematic nature of racism. It surveys
multiple approaches to racism and education and places them in
conversation with one another, incorporating both classical as well
as contemporary theories. Although conceptually rich and dense with
critical perspectives and empirical study, this expanded edition
contains several powerful vignettes that illustrate the commanding
roles racism and structural inequality continue to play in the
classroom. Perfect for courses in Multicultural Education,
Sociology of Education, Ethnic Studies and more, Education and
Racism is the ideal primer for engaging students new to race and
education without sacrificing the content for those who are already
familiar with the field.
The phrase 'the edge of race' can be used both as a description and
as a response to two key concerns. The first of these is that while
race is increasingly on the periphery of education policy - with a
growing disregard shown for racist inequities, as education systems
become dominated by market-driven concerns - it is important that
we map the shifting relations of race in neoliberal politics and
policies. The second concern is that at this time, within and
outside the spaces of the academy, even to mention race equity is
to risk condemnation, marginalization, and ridicule. The authors in
this collection use 'the edge of race' as a provocation in order to
examine the concepts, methodologies, policies, politics, processes,
and practices associated with race and racism in education. The
chapters offer empirical examples of the perpetuation and
perniciousness of racism that point to the continued salience of
research about race. Additionally, the chapters make contributions
to conceptual and methodological understandings of race and racism.
The contributors illustrate the contingency, productivity, and
fragility of race as a concept, and point to how educational
research continues to be a contested site in, and from which to
study, race and education. This book was originally published as a
special issue of Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of
Education.
Many of our countryOs children face daily a threat to their
personal safety and well-being. As school boards, law enforcement
officials, and policymakers continue to look for ways to stop youth
violence in urban and suburban schools, not enough attention is
paid to eradicating the socioeconomic and cultural conditions that
give rise to these acts. In this timely and thought-provoking
collection, seasoned educators and cultural theorists emphasize
this connection between youth violence and the realities faced by
many children poverty, racism, unequal opportunity, and the mediaOs
glorification of violence.
Whether or not Dead or Alive was the first synth-goth band in
history is a bit open to debate, but they were unquestionably in on
the ground floor somewhere. Burns and his crew created a weird sort
of landmark with Sophisticated Boom Boom, though ultimately it's a
bit more memorable as being the dry run for later successes as
opposed to being fully notable on its own. By this time, the murky
gloom of earlier singles was starting to give way to a more freely
mainstream approach, though the combination of Burns' outrageous
appearances and his utterly over-dramatic singing style helped
ensure they never went down totally easy on the charts. Pretty much
everything on the album came from somewhere else: the squiggly
early-'80s keyboards/beat neo-disco production, the occasional
blasts of clattering drums, the gang shout choruses, and the
overall air of sex, sex, and more sex. If anything was the role
model, clearly Duran Duran's massive success had gone to Burns'
head, from the dry slap-bass to the synth melodies. The end result
was nicely assembled, though, and the help of the Kick Horns on
brass, Zeus B. Held's production, and Tim Palmer's engineering
resulted in a nice sounding package. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the
best effort comes via the cover of "That's the Way (I Like It),"
even though the end result is unforgivably stiff in comparison to
the original. Burns himself, meanwhile, is the understandable
centerpiece to everything, rolling his "r"'s, hyping himself just
by breathing, and finding ever more ways to project and project
again. As for what it's all about, the song titles make that much
clear: "What I Want," "Do It," "You Make We Wanna." It's terribly
amusing in context to hear Wayne Hussey's guitar playing crop up,
as on "Misty Circles" -- the eventual feel of his work in both the
Sisters of Mercy and the Mission is there, just in a quite
different setting. ~ Ned Raggett
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