Last Friday night Pete and I went to see Ellen Brantlinger speak about her book
Dividing Classes. While I have so far only read the preface, her ideas about the middle class utilizing school advantage to continue social class reproduction and ensure success for their children at the expense of others is highly personal and engaging.
In addition to Brantlinger's book, I have also read George Lipzitz's book called
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness for one of my classes. (Both are the UW College of Education Common Books, and are the focus of many classes and seminars.) Growing up in racially segregated St. Louis, I feel I have always known that racial discrimination is very much alive and well, but Lipsitz thoroughly digs into the real proof of court cases, blatant government officials refusing to enforce or follow equal housing and employment laws, and even how whites romanticize and trivialize African American contributions to the arts. A must-read if you are to seriously dialogue about race.
Last Friday night Pete and I went to see Ellen Brantlinger speak about her book Dividing Classes. While I have so far only read the preface, her ideas about the middle class utilizing school advantage to continue social class reproduction and ensure success for their children at the expense of others is highly personal and engaging.
In addition to Brantlinger's book, I have also read George Lipzitz's book called The Possessive Investment in Whiteness for one of my classes. (Both are the UW College of Education Common Books, and are the focus of many classes and seminars.) Growing up in racially segregated St. Louis, I feel I have always known that racial discrimination is very much alive and well, but Lipsitz thoroughly digs into the real proof of court cases, blatant government officials refusing to enforce or follow equal housing and employment laws, and even how whites romanticize and trivialize African American contributions to the arts. A must-read if you are to seriously dialogue about race.
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