{"product_id":"expelling-public-schools-how-antiracist-politics-enable-school-privatization-in-newark-9781517913687","title":"Expelling Public Schools: How Antiracist Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring the role of identitarian politics in the privatization of Newark’s public school system\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eExpelling Public Schools,\u003c\/i\u003e John Arena explores the more than two-decade struggle to privatize public schools in Newark, New Jersey—a conflict that is raging in cities across the country—from the vantage point of elites advancing the pro-privatization agenda and their grassroots challengers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnalyzing the unsuccessful effort of Cory Booker—Newark’s leading pro-privatization activist and mayor—to generate popular support for the agenda, and Booker’s rival and ultimate successor Ras Baraka’s eventual galvanization of the charter movement, Arena argues that Baraka’s black radical politics cloaked a revanchist agenda of privatization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eExpelling Public Schools\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the political rise of Booker and Baraka, their one-time rivalry and subsequent alliance, and what this particular case study illuminates about contemporary post–civil rights Black politics. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eExpelling Public Schools\u003c\/i\u003e is a critique of Black urban regime politics and the way in which antiracist messaging obscures real class divisions, interests, and ideological diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eExpelling Public Schools\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating look into the racial politics of corporate school reform in Newark Public Schools. John Arena takes a long view—just over two decades—and examines the reform movements and countermovements in the district from the top down and the bottom up. In assessing corporate school reform efforts under mayors Cory Booker and Ras Baraka, this deeply researched book illuminates the mechanisms that maintain educational inequality.\"—Rand Quinn, author of \u003ci\u003eClass Action: Desegregation and Diversity in San Francisco Schools\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"It is rare to encounter a work that treats actually existing Black life, an approach best articulated by Cedric Johnson, to critically address contemporary Black urban regimes. Thoughtful, careful, and incisive, \u003ci\u003eExpelling Public Schools\u003c\/i\u003e does just that. In this moment when antiracism (and \u003ci\u003esurface critiques\u003c\/i\u003e of antiracism) is rife, John Arena’s work provides a wonderful tonic.\"—Lester Spence, author of \u003ci\u003eStare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409723629911,"sku":"9781517913687","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781517913687.jpg?v=1730507802","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/expelling-public-schools-how-antiracist-politics-enable-school-privatization-in-newark-9781517913687","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}