The Handbook of Race and Adult Education: A Resource for Dialogue on Racism

About the Authors xi

Acknowledgments xxi

Foreword xxv

The Beginning: Kitchen Table Dialogue 1
Vanessa Sheared, Juanita Johnson-Bailey, Scipio A. J. Colin III, and Stephen D. Brookfield

PART ONE: The Myth versus the Reality of Race and Racism 27

1 Rebirth of the Indigenous Spirit: Turning the World Right Side Up 31
Rose Borunda

2 Reading, Writing, and Racism: Developing Racial Literacy in the Adult Education English Classroom 43
Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz

3 Experiencing the Race, Gender, and Socioeconomic Divide in Academia: A Chicana Perspective 55
Raquel A. Gonz´ales and Maria Mejorado

4 Transforming Teaching and Learning: Teaching Race 71
Nichole M. Ray

5 ‘‘Who Is This Cowboy?’’ Challenging the Cultural Gatekeepers 83
Lesley Ngatai

Reflection One: Healing: A Journey through Conversations on Race and Gender 95

PART TWO: Problematizing ‘‘Whiteness,’’ Supremacy, and Privilege: Their Impact on Race 101

6 White Whispers: Talking About Race in Adult Education 105
Lisa M. Baumgartner

7 Transforming White Consciousness 119
Doug Paxton

8 Adult Education and the Problem of the Color (Power) Line: Views from the Whiter Side 133
Elaine Manglitz and Ronald M. Cervero

9 White on White: Developing Capacity to Communicate About Race with Critical Humility 145
European-American Collaborative Challenging Whiteness

Reflection Two: Struggling: A Journey of Comfort and Discomfort 159

PART THREE: Theoretical Responses to Race and Racism 167

10 An Exploration of Critical Race Theory 173
Rosemary B. Closson

11 Musings on Controversial Intersections of Positionality: A Queer Crit Perspective in Adult and Continuing Education 187
Mitsunori Misawa

12 Challenging Racism through Postcolonial Discourse: A Critical Approach to Adult Education Pedagogy 201
Mary V. Alfred

13 Black Skins, No Mask 217
Taj Johns

14 Immigration, Racial Identity, and Adult Education: Reflections on a Transnational Paradigm of Resistance 231
Luis Kong

15 A River Runs Through It: Building Bridges across Racial Divisions in Urban Graduate Education 245
Catherine H. Monaghan and Catherine A. Hansman

Reflection Three: Looking Inward: A Journey through Dialogue and Reflections on Race 259

PART FOUR: Reframing the Field through the Lens of Race 267

16 Mammies, Maids, and Mamas: The Unspoken Language of Perceptual and Verbal Racism 271
Doris A. Flowers

17 The Race Card 283
Barbara Ford

18 Expanding the Racialized Discourse: An Asian American Perspective 295
Ming-yeh Lee

19 Challenges and Approaches to Racializing Discourse in a Privileged, White Dominant Society 307
LaJerne Terry Cornish

20 Using an African-Centered Paradigm for Understanding Race and Racism in Adult Education 317
Derise E. Tolliver

Reflection Four: Inpowering the Self: A Journey toward Ending Racism 329

PART FIVE: Individual and Collective Responses to Race and Racism 333

21 Epilogue: Implications for Curriculum, Programming, and Research 343
Scipio A. J. Colin III, Vanessa Sheared, Juanita Johnson-Bailey, and Stephen D. Brookfield

Index 375