Race, Class, Gender, and Immigrant Identities in Education

Adrienne Wynn is a career educator with proven success in secondary education. Her research interests include multicultural education and culturally responsive teaching.Greg Wiggan is Professor of Urban Education as well as Adjunct Professor of Sociology and Affiliate Faculty of Africana Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. Marcia J. Watson-Vandiver is Associate Professor of Elementary Education at Towson University, USA. Annette Teasdell is Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Clark Atlanta University, USA.

• Introduction: Background and History of Ethiopia and Cultural Context.- Chapter 1. Ethiopia Un-Colonized and Unbound: Ancient to Present.- Chapter 2. Black Like Me: Concepts of Africanness, Blackness, and Beauty.- Chapter 3. Socialization and Discontent: Assimilation, Acculturation, and Internal Conflict.- Chapter 4. Immigrant in the U.S.: Black but Immigrant.- Chapter 5. Ethiopian Women: Social Context and the Study.- Chapter 6. Family: Traditions, Customs and Modernity.- Chapter 7. A Foreign Land: Identifying as Ethiopian and Black / and or versus African-American.- Chapter 8. Gender, School, and Culture: Education and Beyond.- Chapter 9. Creating a Pathway for the Future: Recommendations and Conclusion.