Rethinking race, class, language, and gender : a dialogue with Noam Chomsky and other leading scholars

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Rethinking race, class, language, and gender : a dialogue with Noam Chomsky and other leading scholars / Pierre W. Orelus.

Orelus, Pierre W. (Added Author). Chomsky, Noam. (Added Author).

Summary:

Oftentimes, critical examinations of oppression solely focus on one type and neglect others. In this single volume, Pierre Orelus examines the way various forms of oppression, such as racism, classism, capitalism, sexism, and linguicism (linguistic discrimination), operate and limit the life chances people, across various race, class, language, and gender lines, have. Utilizing dialogue as a form of inquiry, Pierre Orelus conducts in-depth interviews carried over the course of two years with committed social justice educators and intellectuals from different fields and foci to examine the way and the extent to which these forms of oppression have profoundly affected the subjectivity and material conditions of women, poor working-class people, queer people, students of color, female faculty and faculty of color. This book presents a novel and critical perspective on race, social class, gender, and language issues echoed through authentic, collective, and dissident voices of these educators and intellectuals.

Record details

ISBN: 9781442204553
ISBN: 1442204559
ISBN: 9781442204577
ISBN: 1442204575
Physical Description: xxxii, 203 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Unveiling majoritarian myths and tales about race and racism: a conversation with Richard Delgado -- The fight against racism and classism: a conversation with David Gillborn -- Unmasking white supremacy and racism: a conversation with Zeus Leonardo -- Unpacking racial and socioeconomic marginalizations: a conversation with Howard Winant -- Reexamining social inequality in school and beyond: a conversation with Christine E. Sleeter -- Unveiling and fighting against discrimination in schools and society: a conversation with Sonia Nieto -- Multicultural education matters more than ever: a conversation with Carl A. Grant -- Critical pedagogy in stark opposition to western neoliberalism and the corporatization of schools: a conversation with Peter McLaren -- Democracy, schooling, and neoliberalism: a conversation with Noam Chomsky -- Reexamining class and racial dominations in the new era of western capitalism: a conversation with Antonia Darder -- Beyond Obama's historical symbolism: the heavy weight of being black/brown in a racist society: a conversation with Eduardo Bonilla-Silva -- Confront racial and gender oppressions in schools: a conversation with Pedro Noguera -- I say it how it is: exposing racial issues in the classroom and beyond: a conversation with Dave Stovall.