Anti-Racist Scholarship: An Advocacy

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CONTENTS Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Part I ANTI-RACIST CRITIQUE AND DIALOGUE Chapter 1 Preface 23 Section 1: Toward a White Discourse on White Racism 25 James Joseph Scheurich Section 2: Response to a “White Discourse on White Racism” 37 W. B. Allen Section 3: Advancing a White Discourse: A Response to Scheurich 42 Christine E. Sleeter Section 4: A Dif¤cult, Confusing, Painful Problem That Requires Many Voices, Many Perspectives 46 James Joseph Scheurich Chapter 2 Preface 49 Section 1: Coloring Epistemology: Are Our Research Epistemologies Racially Biased? 51 James Joseph Scheurich and Michelle D. Young Section 2: A Response to “Coloring Epistemology: Are Our Research Epistemologies Racially Biased?” 74 Cynthia A. Tyson Section 3: Coloring Within and Outside the Lines: Some Comments 78 Steven I. Miller Section 4: Rejoinder: In the United States of America, in Both Our Souls and Our Sciences, We Are Avoiding White Racism 86 James Joseph Scheurich and Michelle D. Young x Contents Part II ANTI-RACIST RESPONSES TO THE SCHOLARSHIP OF OTHERS Chapter 3 Preface 99 The Buck Stops Here in Our Preparations Programs: Educative Leadership for All Children (No Exceptions Allowed) 101 James Joseph Scheurich and Julie Laible Chapter 4 Preface 109 Section 1: Educational Leadership for Democratic Purpose: What Do We Mean? 111 Carl D. Glickman Section 2: Commentary: The Grave Dangers in the Discourse on Democracy 118 James Joseph Scheurich Section 3: Commentary: A Response to the Discourse on Democracy: A Dangerous Retreat 124 Carl D. Glickman Chapter 5 Preface 129 The Building Blocks of Educational Administration: A Dialogic Review of the First Three Chapters of the New Handbook of Research in Educational Administration 131 Jay D. Scribner, Gerardo R. Lopéz, James W. Koschoreck, Kanya Mahitivanichcha, and James Joseph Scheurich Chapter 6 Preface 151 The Destructive Desire for a Depoliticized Ethnographic Methodology: Response to Harry Wolcott 153 James Joseph Scheurich Contents xi Part III ANTI-RACIST REPRESENTATIONS OF THE RACIAL “OTHER” Chapter 7 Preface 161 Highly Successful and Loving Public Elementary Schools Populated Mainly by Low SES Children of Color: Core Beliefs and Cultural Characteristics 163 James Joseph Scheurich Chapter 8 Preface 191 Windows/Ventanas: A Postmodern Re-Presentation of Children in Migrancy 193 Gerardo R. Lopéz, Miguel A. Guajardo, and James Joseph Scheurich Chapter 9 Preface 215 Racing Representation: A “Raza Realist” Narration of Migrant Students, Their Educación and Their Contexto 217 Gerardo Lopéz, Miguel Guajardo, Maricela Oliva, and James Joseph Scheurich Chapter 10 Preface 223 Labores de la Vida/The Labors of Life: A Description of a Video Documentary of Mexican-American Adults Who Were Migrant Agricultural Workers as Children and a Commentary by Miguel Guajardo 225 Miguel Guajardo, Patricia Sánchez, Elissa Fineman, and James Joseph Scheurich References 233 Contributors 253 Index 257 ...