Race, Population Studies, and America's Public Schools

A Critical Demography Perspective

Edited by Hayward Derrick Horton; Lori Latrice Martin and Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner - Contributions by Alice T. Crowe; Trish Davis; Latrisha Y. Dean; Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner; Hayward Derrick Horton; Kimberly R. James; Derrick Lathan; Lori Latrice Martin; Ashley Maryland; Veta E. Parker; Julia M.F. Schwartz; Michael J. Seaberry; Danielle Thomas; Chau Vu; Geoffrey L. Wood and Shufang Yang

The roles of race and racism in explaining current controversies related to public schools in America is both understudied and misunderstood. Part of the problem is the absence of a critical paradigm that facilitates the development and application of ideas, theories, and methods that do not fit within the confines of mainstream scholarship. Race, Population Studies, and America's Public Schools: A Critical Demography Perspective explores the paradigm of critical demography—established in the late 1990s which articulates the manner in which the social structure differentiates dominant and subordinate populations. Moreover, critical demography necessitates explicit discussions and examinations of the nature of power and how it perpetuates the existing social order. Hence, in the case of race in education, it is imperative that racism is central to the analysis. Racism elucidates that which often goes ignored or unexplained by conventional scholars. Consequently, the critical demography paradigm fills an important void in the study of public education in American schools.

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Pages: 156 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½

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Series: Race and Education in the Twenty-First Century

Subjects: Education / Urban, Education / Current Issues

Race, Population Studies, and America's Public Schools

A Critical Demography Perspective

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Summary

The roles of race and racism in explaining current controversies related to public schools in America is both understudied and misunderstood. Part of the problem is the absence of a critical paradigm that facilitates the development and application of ideas, theories, and methods that do not fit within the confines of mainstream scholarship. Race, Population Studies, and America's Public Schools: A Critical Demography Perspective explores the paradigm of critical demography—established in the late 1990s which articulates the manner in which the social structure differentiates dominant and subordinate populations. Moreover, critical demography necessitates explicit discussions and examinations of the nature of power and how it perpetuates the existing social order. Hence, in the case of race in education, it is imperative that racism is central to the analysis. Racism elucidates that which often goes ignored or unexplained by conventional scholars. Consequently, the critical demography paradigm fills an important void in the study of public education in American schools.

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Lexington Books

Pages: 156 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½

978-1-4985-4899-1 • Hardback • December 2016 • $98.00 • (£75.00)

978-1-4985-4900-4 • eBook • December 2016 • $93.00 • (£72.00)

Series: Race and Education in the Twenty-First Century

Subjects: Education / Urban, Education / Current Issues

Author

Hayward Derrick Horton is professor of sociology at University at Albany, State University of New York.

Lori Latrice Martin is associate professor of sociology and African and African American studies at Louisiana State University.

Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner is Shirley B. Barton Endowed associate professor at Louisiana State University.

Table of Contents

Contents

Series Foreword

Acknowledgements

PART I: CRITICAL DEMOGRAPHY IN PERSPECTIVE

Introduction: Critical Demography: Paradigm for the Post-Racial Era
By Hayward Derrick Horton, Lori Latrice Martin, and Kenneth Fasching-Varner

Chapter 1
Seventeen Years Later: Revisiting the Critical Demography Paradigm to Examine Public Education in American Schools
By Geoffrey L. Wood

Chapter 2
The Educational Plight of Black Men and Boys in Baton Rouge: A Critical Demography Perspective
By Danielle Thomas, Derrick Lathan, Ashley Maryland, and Lori Latrice Martin

PART II: CRITICAL DEMOGRAPHY AND K–12

Chapter 3
Detours to Destruction: A Critical Demography Perspective on the School-to-Prison Pipeline
By Julia M.F. Schwartz, Nikisha Kelly, and Kimberly R. James

Chapter 4
School Uniforms, Elementary Students—“Docile Bodies”
By Shufang Yang

Chapter 5
Opting-Out of Public Education as an Act of Racial Protectionism
By Alice T. Crowe

PART III: CRITICAL DEMOGRAPHY, NEOLIBERALISM AND HIGHER ED

Chapter 6
Perceptions of Criminality: An Experiment on Race, Class, and Gender Stereotypes
By Tricia Davis

Chapter 7
“Has No Place:” The Adverse Effects of Brown vs. Board of Education on Black Students in United States Schools
By Latrisha Y. Dean, Veta E. Parker, and Michael J. Seaberry

Chapter 8
Immigrants as the Commodified Other: Xenoracism and Neoliberalism in
The United States of (Non)citizens
By Chau Vu

Reviews

Race, Population Studies, and America’s Public Schools rips the mask off reams of traditional scholarship with its objective pose and its conceit of colorblind beneficence, illuminating the shrouded realities of oppression, power, and privilege lurking just beneath. And it comes at a perfect time: the centuries-old Black Freedom Movement is once again erupting, a fourth American revolution brewing. Read, study, learn, and rise up.
— Bill Ayers

This is a refreshing collection highlighting the importance of a long-standing paradigm using many empowering examples. Strongly recommended.
— Teresa A. Booker, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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