{"product_id":"exploring-white-fragility-9781475857733","title":"Exploring White Fragility","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring White Fragility uses both existing research and anecdotal classroom observations to examine the effects whiteness studies is having on America's schools, and investigates how the antiracist movement to dismantle white supremacy culture is impacting student and teacher morale and expectations, school discipline, and overall academic achievement. Specifically, it analyzes the major tenets of whiteness studies, including awareness of white privilege and white fragility; the belief in colorblindness, individualism, and meritocracy; white racial identity development (WRID); implicit bias and microaggressions; and the methodologies underlying these concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also compares traditional multicultural education to antiracist education; examines the impact of family and culture on learning, discipline, and achievement; investigates how whiteness studies and antiracism influence stereotype threat, the school-to-prison pipeline (STPP), and teacher and student expectation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a brave book. Paslay reveals and cuts through the endless layers of antiracist gospel which, in the name of enlightenment, leave one cohort of brown kids after another uneducated. Aspiring teachers seeking clear eyes and genuine progressivism should start by inhaling this book.\u003c\/p\u003e -- John McWhorter, professor of linguistics, Columbia University; host of Slate's Lexicon Valley podcast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: Not All Whites Are Racially Illiterate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The One-Sided Conversation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The Tenets of Whiteness Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Methodology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Anti-Bias Training\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Culture Matters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Parents and Patriarchy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Assault on Learning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Racial Disparities and School Discipline\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: The Power of Expectations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Solutions: Diversity Through Unity\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040321372503,"sku":"9781475857733","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781475857733.jpg?v=1750946372","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/exploring-white-fragility-9781475857733","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}