The Resource Color in the classroom : how American schools taught race, 1900-1954, Zoë Burkholder
Color in the classroom : how American schools taught race, 1900-1954, Zoë Burkholder
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The item Color in the classroom : how American schools taught race, 1900-1954, Zoë Burkholder represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
- Between the turn of the twentieth century and the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, the way that American schools taught about "race" changed dramatically. This transformation was engineered by the nation's most prominent anthropologists, including Franz Boas, Ruth Benedict, and Margaret Mead, during World War II. Inspired by scientific racism in Nazi Germany, these activist scholars decided that the best way to fight racial prejudice was to teach what they saw as the truth about race in the institution that had the power to do the most good, American schools. Anthropologists created lesson plans, lectures, courses, and pamphlets designed to revise what they called "the race concept" in American education. They believed that if teachers presented race in scientific and egalitarian terms, conveying human diversity as learned habits of culture rather than innate characteristics, American citizens would become less racist. Although nearly forgotten today, this educational reform movement represents an important component of early civil rights activism that emerged alongside the domestic and global tensions of wartime. Drawing on hundreds of first-hand accounts written by teachers nationwide, the author traces the influence of this anthropological activism on the way that teachers understood, spoke, and taught about race. She explains how and why teachers readily understood certain theoretical concepts, such as the division of race into three main categories, while they struggled to make sense of more complex models of cultural diversity and structural inequality. As they translated theories into practice, teachers crafted an educational discourse on race that differed significantly from the definition of race produced by scientists at mid-century. Schoolteachers and their approach to race were put into the spotlight with the Brown v. Board of Education case, but the belief that racially integrated schools would eradicate racism in the next generation and eliminate the need for discussion of racial inequality long predated this. Discussions of race in the classroom were silenced during the early Cold War until a new generation of antiracist, "multicultural" educators emerged in the 1970s
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 252 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction : the social construction of race in American schools
- Race as nation, 1900-1938
- Franz Boas : reforming "race" in American schools
- Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead : teaching teachers race and culture
- Race as color, 1939-1945
- Race as culture, 1946-1954
- Conclusion : race and educational equality after Brown v. Board of Education
- Isbn
- 9780199751723
- Label
- Color in the classroom : how American schools taught race, 1900-1954
- Title
- Color in the classroom
- Title remainder
- how American schools taught race, 1900-1954
- Statement of responsibility
- Zoë Burkholder
- Subject
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- Benedict, Ruth
- Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948
- Boas, Franz
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
- Geschichte 1900-1954
- Geschichte 1900-1954.
- History
- Lehrstoff
- Lehrstoff
- Mead, Margaret
- Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978
- Race -- Study and teaching
- Race -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Race relations
- 1900-1999
- Racism -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Rasse
- Rasse
- Rassenbeziehung
- Schule
- Schule
- Schule
- USA
- USA
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- Racism -- Study and teaching
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Between the turn of the twentieth century and the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, the way that American schools taught about "race" changed dramatically. This transformation was engineered by the nation's most prominent anthropologists, including Franz Boas, Ruth Benedict, and Margaret Mead, during World War II. Inspired by scientific racism in Nazi Germany, these activist scholars decided that the best way to fight racial prejudice was to teach what they saw as the truth about race in the institution that had the power to do the most good, American schools. Anthropologists created lesson plans, lectures, courses, and pamphlets designed to revise what they called "the race concept" in American education. They believed that if teachers presented race in scientific and egalitarian terms, conveying human diversity as learned habits of culture rather than innate characteristics, American citizens would become less racist. Although nearly forgotten today, this educational reform movement represents an important component of early civil rights activism that emerged alongside the domestic and global tensions of wartime. Drawing on hundreds of first-hand accounts written by teachers nationwide, the author traces the influence of this anthropological activism on the way that teachers understood, spoke, and taught about race. She explains how and why teachers readily understood certain theoretical concepts, such as the division of race into three main categories, while they struggled to make sense of more complex models of cultural diversity and structural inequality. As they translated theories into practice, teachers crafted an educational discourse on race that differed significantly from the definition of race produced by scientists at mid-century. Schoolteachers and their approach to race were put into the spotlight with the Brown v. Board of Education case, but the belief that racially integrated schools would eradicate racism in the next generation and eliminate the need for discussion of racial inequality long predated this. Discussions of race in the classroom were silenced during the early Cold War until a new generation of antiracist, "multicultural" educators emerged in the 1970s
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Burkholder, Zoë
- Dewey number
- 305.80071
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HT1506
- LC item number
- .B87 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Benedict, Ruth
- Boas, Franz
- Boas, Franz
- Mead, Margaret
- Benedict, Ruth
- Mead, Margaret
- Race
- Racism
- United States
- Race relations
- Race
- Racism
- United States
- Lehrstoff
- Rasse
- Schule
- USA
- Schule
- Rassenbeziehung
- USA
- Lehrstoff
- Rasse
- Schule
- USA
- Label
- Color in the classroom : how American schools taught race, 1900-1954, Zoë Burkholder
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : the social construction of race in American schools -- Race as nation, 1900-1938 -- Franz Boas : reforming "race" in American schools -- Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead : teaching teachers race and culture -- Race as color, 1939-1945 -- Race as culture, 1946-1954 -- Conclusion : race and educational equality after Brown v. Board of Education
- Control code
- ocn704120398
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 252 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199751723
- Lccn
- 2011004602
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780199751723
- (OCoLC)704120398
- Label
- Color in the classroom : how American schools taught race, 1900-1954, Zoë Burkholder
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : the social construction of race in American schools -- Race as nation, 1900-1938 -- Franz Boas : reforming "race" in American schools -- Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead : teaching teachers race and culture -- Race as color, 1939-1945 -- Race as culture, 1946-1954 -- Conclusion : race and educational equality after Brown v. Board of Education
- Control code
- ocn704120398
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 252 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199751723
- Lccn
- 2011004602
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780199751723
- (OCoLC)704120398
Subject
- Benedict, Ruth
- Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948
- Boas, Franz
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
- Geschichte 1900-1954
- Geschichte 1900-1954.
- History
- Lehrstoff
- Lehrstoff
- Mead, Margaret
- Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978
- Race -- Study and teaching
- Race -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Race relations
- 1900-1999
- Racism -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Rasse
- Rasse
- Rassenbeziehung
- Schule
- Schule
- Schule
- USA
- USA
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- Racism -- Study and teaching
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