{"product_id":"white-fatigue-9781433150265","title":"White Fatigue","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhite Fatigue: Rethinking Resistance for Social Justice\u003c\/em\u003e explores how, despite the pleas and research of critical scholars, what passes for multicultural education in schools is often promotion of human relations and tolerance rather than a sustained critical examination of how race and racism shape social, political, economic, and educational opportunities for various groups, both historically and currently. Simultaneously, our nation's social mores have changed over time and millions of White Americans find racism morally reprehensible. This book illustrates that despite that shift, it is not uncommon to experience White Americansin classrooms and other spacesstruggling to understand how racism functions. This struggle is often talked about as White resistance, White guilt, and White fragility. White fatigue is an idea that helps explain and differentiate this struggle for better understanding among White folks who feel racism is wrong but do not yet have an underst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The concept of white fatigue is an important contribution to creating a more nuanced understanding of the challenges of educating white students about racism. \u003ci\u003eWhite Fatigue\u003c\/i\u003e offers helpful context and pedagogical considerations for supporting the development of white allies for racial justice.”—Diane J. Goodman, Trainer, Consultant, and Author of \u003ci\u003ePromoting Diversity and Social Justice: Educating People from Privileged Groups, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (2011)\u003cbr\u003e“With this accessible and engaging work, Joseph E. Flynn, Jr. makes a critical contribution to social justice education. He offers insight into a recognizable exit point for many White teachers on the journey toward more racially-just teaching—fatigue—and considers how it might be addressed. This book will be invaluable to both current and future teachers and those who educate them.” —Robin DiAngelo and Özlem Sensoy, Authors of \u003ci\u003eIs Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (2017)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements – Foreword by Leslie David Burns – Introduction: Notes on My Relationship with White Folks – On Talking and Learning about Race and Racism in the Obama Era and After – White fatigue: Naming the Challenge in Moving from an Individual to a Systemic Understanding of Racism – From Obama to Trump: Tripping over Post-racial America’s Intentions – The Miseducation of White Folks: The Success and Failure of the Multicultural Education Movement – Breaking Bad Habit(u)s: Considerations on the Reproduction of Worldviews – Concluding Thoughts: Promoting Racial Literacy, Standards, and Reconstructing White Folks for Social Justice – Afterword by Edward Moore Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039627772247,"sku":"9781433150265","price":70.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433150265.jpg?v=1750944300","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/white-fatigue-9781433150265","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}