This work looks at race, ethnicity and education in the United States. It covers such topics as: myths and history in the making of race and ethnicity; the origin of British North America and racial slavery; abolition and the invention of racism; and more.
Introduction.Chapter 1. Myths and History in the Making of Race and Ethnicity.Chapter 2. What Is Not Taught in School: The Origin of British North America and Racial Slavery.Chapter 3. City Upon a Hill: The Contradictions of Humanism and Exceptionalism on the Road to Revolution.Chapter 4. American Revolution to the Civil War: Abolition and the Invention of Racism.Chapter 5. The Great Divide: The Civil War to Modern Racism.Chapter 6. Education and the Melting Pot: Ethnicity in the Era of Jim Crow.Chapter 7. The Civil Rights Movement: The Long Road to Justice.Chapter 8. Educational Opportunity and the Politics of Identity Today.Conclusion: Understanding the Past for Today and All Tomorrows.Bibliography.
