The Wrong Kind of Different

Challenging the Meaning of Diversity in American Classrooms

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Aims & Objectives, Leadership, Educational Reform
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Author: Antonia Randolph ISBN: 9780807773000
Publisher: Teachers College Press Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Antonia Randolph
ISBN: 9780807773000
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint:
Language: English

How can multiculturalism go wrong? Through extensive interviews conducted in a large Midwestern district, Antonia Randolph explores how teachers perceive students from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and the unintended consequences of a kind of “colorblind multiculturalism.” She unearths a hierarchy of acceptance and legitimacy that excludes most poor Black students and favors certain immigrant minorities. In addition, Randolph discovers how some teachers distinguish their support for certain forms of student diversity from curriculum diversity, such as accommodating bilingual education, which they find burdensome.

This provocative book challenges readers to look beyond the surface benefits of diversity and raises issues about American schools that need to be addressed, including:

  • How school diversity policy has become detached from concerns about equity and social justice.
  • How teachers see diversity as a “good” thing as long as it doesn’t inconvenience them or lower their schools’ scores on standardized tests.
  • How some immigrant children receive favorable treatment sanctioned by multicultural ideology and practice.
  • How many Black students and schools suffer racial penalties for being “the wrong kind of different.

“Antonia Randolph raises a gamut of issues that sorely need to be confronted. I commend her for having the insight and courage to bring these unsettling truths to light, based as they are on assiduous research.” 
Stephen Steinberg, Distinguished Professor of Urban Studies, Queens College & Graduate Center, City University of New York

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How can multiculturalism go wrong? Through extensive interviews conducted in a large Midwestern district, Antonia Randolph explores how teachers perceive students from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and the unintended consequences of a kind of “colorblind multiculturalism.” She unearths a hierarchy of acceptance and legitimacy that excludes most poor Black students and favors certain immigrant minorities. In addition, Randolph discovers how some teachers distinguish their support for certain forms of student diversity from curriculum diversity, such as accommodating bilingual education, which they find burdensome.

This provocative book challenges readers to look beyond the surface benefits of diversity and raises issues about American schools that need to be addressed, including:

“Antonia Randolph raises a gamut of issues that sorely need to be confronted. I commend her for having the insight and courage to bring these unsettling truths to light, based as they are on assiduous research.” 
Stephen Steinberg, Distinguished Professor of Urban Studies, Queens College & Graduate Center, City University of New York

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