Wayne Au - Rethinking Multicultural Education: Teaching for Racial and Cultural Justice

Rethinking Multicultural Education: Teaching for Racial and Cultural Justice

Second Edition

Edited by Wayne Au

A Rethinking Schools Publication

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Second edition

Cover Design: Nancy Zucker

Cover Illustration: Favianna Rodriguez

Managing Editor: Jody Sokolower

Curriculum Editor: Bill Bigelow

Production Editor: Mike Trokan

Book Design: Nancy Zucker

Proofreading: Lawrence Sanfilippo

Business Manager: Mike Trokan

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Second Edition ISBN: 978-0-942961-53-9

The Library of Congress has cataloged the first edition as follows:

Rethinking multicultural education : teaching for racial and cultural justice /

edited by Wayne Au. -- 1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-942961-42-3 (pbk.)

1. Multicultural education--United States. 2. Discrimination in education

-United States. 3. Minorities--Education--United States. 4. Social justice-

United States. I. Au, Wayne, 1972

LC1099.3.R494 2009

370.1170973--dc22

2009001983

Acknowledgments

All writing is a collective process, and none more so than with Rethinking Schools. This book would have not been possible without the collective efforts of many people. This second edition would not have happened without the tremendous efforts of Rethinking Schools Business Manager Mike Trokan pushing the project along, Nancy Zucker providing layout and art direction, and Lawrence Sanfilippos proofing. These folks provided the nuts and bolts of making this book happen. Special thanks goes to all the artists who contributed images and to the contributors for doing the work that they do. As always, the Rethinking Schools editorial collective and staff provided support for this project. So continued thanks goes to Linda Christensen, Dyan Watson, Bill Bigelow, David Levine, Stan Karp, Larry Miller, Bob Peterson, Stephanie Walters, Melissa Bollow Tempel, Grace Cornell Gonzales, Helen Gym, Jesse Hagopian, Adam Sanchez, Jody Sokolower, Kathy Xiong, Kris Collett, and Tegan Dowling. Finally, thanks to my family, Mira Shimabukuro and Mako Shimabukuro-Au, for always supporting me in my work.

Wayne Au

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