Rethinking Race, Class, Language, and Gender: A Dialogue with Noam Chomsky and Other Leading Scholars

by Pierre Wilbert Orelus

Overview

Oftentimes, critical examinations of oppression solely focus on one type and neglect others. In this single volume, Pierre Orelus examines the way various forms of oppression, such as racism, classism, capitalism, sexism, and linguicism (linguistic discrimination) operate and limit the life chances people, across various race, class, language, and gender lines, have. Utilizing dialogue as a form of inquiry, Pierre Orelus conducts in-depth interviews carried over the course of two years with committed social justice educators and intellectuals from different fields and foci to examine the way and the extent to which these forms of oppression have profoundly affected the subjectivity and material conditions of women, poor working-class people, queer people, students of color, female faculty and faculty of color. This book presents a novel and critical perspective on race, social class, gender, and language issues echoed through authentic, collective, and dissident voices of these educators and intellectuals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442204577
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/16/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	236
File size:	468 KB

About the Author

Pierre W. Orelus is assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at New Mexico State University.

Table of Contents

Dedication
Table of Contents
About the Interviewees
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part One: Mapping and Engaging the Debate on Race, Racism, and Other "isms": From Slavery, the Civil Rights Era to Barack Obama's Presidency and Beyond
Introduction to Part One
Chapter 1: Unveiling Majoritarian Myths and Tales About Race and Racism
Chapter 2: The Fight Against Racism and Classism: A Conversation with David Gillborn
Chapter 3: Unmasking White Supremacy and Racism: A Conversation with Zeus Leonardo

Part Two: Against the Matrix of Oppressions: Toward a More Human World
Introduction to Part Two
Chapter 4: Unpacking Racial and Socio-economic Marginalizations: A Conversation With Howard Winant
Chapter 5: Re-examining Social Inequality in School and Beyond: A Conversation with Christine E. Sleeter
Chapter 6: Unveiling Discriminations in School and Society at Large: A Conversation with Sonia Nieto.
Chapter 7: Multiculturalism Matters More Than Ever: A Conversation With Carl A. Grant

Part Three: Redefining Democracy, Schooling, and Social Justice in The Supreme Stage of Western Neoliberalism and U.S. Imperialism
Introduction to Part Three
Chapter 8: Critical Pedagogy in Stark Opposition to Western Neo-liberalism and Corporatization of Schools: A Dialogue with Peter McLaren
Chapter 9: Democracy, Schooling, and Neo-liberalism: A Dialogue With Noam Chomsky
Part Four: The Trio of Inequities: Race, Class, and Gender
Introduction to Part Four
Chapter 10: Re-Examining Class and Racial Dominations in the New Era of Western Capitalism: A Dialogue With Antonia Darder
Chapter 11: Beyond Obama's Historical Symbolism: The Heavy Weight of Being Black/Brown in a Racist Society: A Conversation with Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Chapter 12: Confront Racial and Gender Oppressions in Schools: A Conversation With Pedro Noguera
Chapter 13: I Say It How It Is: Exposing Racial Issues in the Classroom and Beyond: A Conversation with Dave Stovall

Conclusion
Afterword
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

This book overflows with wisdom, candor, and clarity as thirteen prominent educators/scholars immerse us in their personal experiences, political analyses, and future visions. The dialogue between these scholars and Pierre Orelus gives us a chance to look beneath the pages of their scholarly work and peer for a moment into their lifeworlds. Their words illuminate the depths and contours of global White supremacy, capitalism, and patriarchy. But, the larger undercurrent of the book is a discourse of radical hope, which pushes us toward the surface as we struggle to emerge and, someday, draw breath in a new, truly just world.

Ricky Lee Allen

Rethinking Race, Class, Language and Gender is first and foremost a rich theoretical critique that challenges the foundations of inequality and social hierarchies within American Society. Through historical analysis, in-depth interviews, and social investigation, the author examines the connections between various forms of social injustice. The author illustrates through many examples how oppression operates in the 21st Century, and how the disadvantage fights back. Rethinking Race, Class, Language and Gender forces us to explore how the ruling class exercises its power. It presents both an uncompromising vision and a brilliant analysis how American democracy should work.

Manning Marable

With well-crafted, provocative questions, Pierre Orelus skillfully interviews thirteen leading social justice educators and cross-border scholars who speak candidly of personal histories, experiences in the classroom, and their views about the nature of democracy, the future of capitalism, as well as the ways race, class, gender, and language overlap in webs of oppression. Searing, revelatory, inspiring, pathbreaking, and hard-to-stop reading.

Jean Stefancic

An informative conversation by well-known scholars on the long arguments about race, gender, class, and language.

Maxine Greene

Pierre Orelus has done what we have all wanted to do: sit and dialogue with an impressive array of scholars who examine injustice and intersectionality with insight and immediacy. Grab a chair and join the conversation—you won't be able to put this book down.

Kevin Kumashiro