Contesting the Myth of a ‘Post Racial’ Era

Contents: Pedro A. Noguera: Foreword: Beyond the Postracial Society – Dorinda J. Carter Andrews/Frank Tuitt: Racism as the Environmental Hazard in Educational Spaces: An Overview and Introduction – Judson C. Laughter: «I Am My Brother’s Keeper; I Am My Sister’s Keeper»: Rejecting Meritocracy and Embracing Relational Pluralism – Bridgette Coble/Floyd Cobb/Kristin Deal/Frank Tuitt: Navigating the Space Between: Obama and the Postracial Myth – Louie F. Rodriguez: Learning From Catalina: Reflections on Bridging Communities and Schools in the Context of a «Postracial» Society – Laurence J. Parker/Erin L. Castro: An Introduction to Critical Race Realism: Theoretical and Methodological Implications for Education Research – Tuesda Roberts/Dorinda J. Carter Andrews: A Critical Race Analysis of the Gaslighting Against African American Teachers: Considerations for Recruitment and Retention – John B. Diamond: The Resource and Opportunity Gap: The Continued Significance of Race for African American Student Outcomes – María C. Ledesma/Daniel Solórzano: Naming Their Pain: How Everyday Racial Microaggressions Impact Students and Teachers – Tara M. Brown: The Racialization of Threat: Responding to the Punishment and Purging of Black and Latina/o Youth in School – María del Carmen Salazar: Disrupting the Standard Education Storyline for Latin@ Students Across the P-20 Educational System: Sustaining the (Soul) of the Latin@ Community Through a Counterstory of Access to the Culture of Power and the Power of Culture – Bettie Ray Butler/Chance W. Lewis: African American Politics and Education: An Analysis of Electoral Structures, African American Representation, and Educational Outcomes – Walter R. Allen: Afterword.