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Sailing against the Wind: African Americans and Women in U.S. Education » (New Edition)

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Authors: Kofi Lomotey
ISBN-13: 9780791431924, ISBN-10: 0791431924
Format: Paperback
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Date Published: January 1997
Edition: New Edition

Author Biography: Kofi Lomotey

Book Synopsis

Sailing Against the Wind addresses the issue of inequality in U.S. education. The book includes exemplary programs to show where educators are addressing problems of racial and gender inequity. The authors are experienced practitioners who work in the educational institutions that they describe and analyze. The consistent theme is that only political opposition to the status quo and through a demand for social justice will the system change, will inequities be eliminated, and will existing power relationships in society be altered.

	Foreword
I	Introduction	3
II	Multiculturalism Re-examined
1	What Does It Mean? Exploring the Myths of Multiculturalism	17
2	Race, Gender, and Glass Oppression: The Role of Multicultural Education	27
3	Understanding Persons with Disabilities	37
III	African American Students in Secondary Schools
4	Lisa's Quiet Fight: School Structure and African American Adolescent Females	45
5	Nonsynchrony at the Secondary Level: Impediments to the Pursuit of Higher Education	55
6	The Miseducation of African Americans in Public High Schools	63
7	Cultural/Racial Diversity in the School: A Case Study in a High School English Class	71
8	The Voices behind the Faces: What Listening to Students Can Teach Teachers	75
IV	Women in Higher Education
9	Women in Higher Education	117
10	Sailing Against the Wind: African American Women, Higher Education, and Power	125
11	I Am Woman. Hear Me Roar ... After Class ... in the Hall: Institutional Satisfaction among Older Women Students: The Conflict between Research and Reality	133
V	African American Students in Higher Education
12	Black Students on White Campuses: Overcoming the Isolation	141
13	African American Athletes at Predominantly White Universities	147
14	Ethnic/Cultural Centers on Predominantly White Campuses: Are They Necessary?	155
15	Black and White Athletes at Universities: Living in Two Different Worlds	163
	References	169
	About the Editor	177
	Contributors	179
	Index	181