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... A booming World War II economy, the US government-funded post-war GI Bill that pro-vided free... more ... A booming World War II economy, the US government-funded post-war GI Bill that pro-vided free college educations for returning ve-terans, an expanding economy and higher education system, and an expanded middle class in the 1950s and 1960s10 all worked to their ...
Faculty Publications, 2002
Educational anthropologists address in their works the legacy of an enduring history of racial op... more Educational anthropologists address in their works the legacy of an enduring history of racial oppression in the United States. Drawing on observations from teaching courses on multicultural education I examine the ideologies of future white teachers forged in particular racial and class locations. Students' faith in the existence of equality of opportunity emerges as significant in shaping their receptivity in interrogating the status quo. Course activities provide contrary evidence, permitting greater engagement with anthropological theories.
... A booming World War II economy, the US government-funded post-war GI Bill that pro-vided free... more ... A booming World War II economy, the US government-funded post-war GI Bill that pro-vided free college educations for returning ve-terans, an expanding economy and higher education system, and an expanded middle class in the 1950s and 1960s10 all worked to their ...
Faculty Publications, 2002
Educational anthropologists address in their works the legacy of an enduring history of racial op... more Educational anthropologists address in their works the legacy of an enduring history of racial oppression in the United States. Drawing on observations from teaching courses on multicultural education I examine the ideologies of future white teachers forged in particular racial and class locations. Students' faith in the existence of equality of opportunity emerges as significant in shaping their receptivity in interrogating the status quo. Course activities provide contrary evidence, permitting greater engagement with anthropological theories.