Racial Harassment in Vermont Public Schools (Classic Reprint)

Racial Harassment in Vermont Public Schools (Classic Reprint)

Author: United States Commission on C Committee

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-09

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780656137619

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Excerpt from Racial Harassment in Vermont Public Schools I urge you to please develop a sense of urgency about racism within our schools. All of our children are be ing diminished. If you are in a position to receive this report. You are most likely in a position to do some thing about ii. You have an obligation to all children to be a catalyst for change. Don't allow the legacy that parents of children of color have had to pass on to each generation continue, the legacy of picking our children up at and attempting to repair the dam age that has been done to them during their school day: Racism is not a problem or an issue; it's a way of life. Excerpt from parent testimony' On the evening of June 25, 1997, a 13-year old African American boy was beaten with a baseball bat outside a Burlington mall by several white teenagers, who witnesses claim shouted racial remarks at the victim.2 A week before the attack, community leaders in Burlington spon sored a forum to discuss race relations and ways to end racial harassment in the surrounding community. The forum was spearheaded by sup port groups and community action organizations that for many years have expressed concern for the safety of minorities and have voiced their belief that overall race relations in the State have deteriorated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Was the Cat in the Hat Black?

Was the Cat in the Hat Black?

Author: Philip Nel

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017-07-06

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0190635088

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Racism is resilient, duplicitous, and endlessly adaptable, so it is no surprise that America is again in a period of civil rights activism. A significant reason racism endures is because it is structural: it's embedded in culture and in institutions. One of the places that racism hides-and thus perhaps the best place to oppose it-is books for young people. Was the Cat in the Hat Black? presents five serious critiques of the history and current state of children's literature tempestuous relationship with both implicit and explicit forms of racism. The book fearlessly examines topics both vivid-such as The Cat in the Hat's roots in blackface minstrelsy-and more opaque, like how the children's book industry can perpetuate structural racism via whitewashed covers even while making efforts to increase diversity. Rooted in research yet written with a lively, crackling touch, Nel delves into years of literary criticism and recent sociological data in order to show a better way forward. Though much of what is proposed here could be endlessly argued, the knowledge that what we learn in childhood imparts both subtle and explicit lessons about whose lives matter is not debatable. The text concludes with a short and stark proposal of actions everyone-reader, author, publisher, scholar, citizen- can take to fight the biases and prejudices that infect children's literature. While Was the Cat in the Hat Black? does not assume it has all the answers to such a deeply systemic problem, its audacity should stimulate discussion and activism.


Lies My Teacher Told Me

Lies My Teacher Told Me

Author: James W. Loewen

Publisher: The New Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1595583262

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Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.


The Sisters of Versailles

The Sisters of Versailles

Author: Sally Christie

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-09

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 1501102966

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Court intriguers are beginning to sense that young King Louis XV, after seven years of marriage, is tiring of his Polish wife. The race is on to find a mistress for the royal bed. The King's scheming ministers push Louise, the eldest of the aristocratic Nesle sisters, into the arms of the King. Over the following decade, of the five Nesle sisters-- Louise, Pauline, Diane, Hortense, and Marie-Anne-- four will become mistresses to King Louis XV. All will conspire, betray, suffer, and triumph in a desperate fight for both love and power.


The Supreme Court, Race, and Civil Rights

The Supreme Court, Race, and Civil Rights

Author: Abraham L. Davis

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1995-07-25

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9780803972209

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Discover the first law textbook to provide a comprehensive examination of the Supreme Court's institutional commitment to equality over a time span of more than 190 years. Filling the void of literature in this area, this long-awaited volume incorporates information from the disciplines of law, political science, and history to provide the student with a thorough analysis of race and law from the perspective of politically disadvantaged groups. Carefully selected cases stimulate classroom discussion and at the same time cultivate competence in reading actual Supreme Court rulings. Accessible and flexible, this textbook affords professors and instructors an opportunity to pick and choose from the essays and cases for each historical period. The authors instill in students a deeper appreciation of the multicultural component of ongoing struggles for equality within the American context. Written specifically for undergraduate, graduate, and law school courses that emphasize civil rights/race and the law, The Supreme Court, Race, and Civil Rights stands alone as an outstanding textbook.