A Future We Wish to See: Racialized Communities Studies after White Racial Anxiety and Resentment

Clark and Reed examine the provisions of Arizona's House Bill 2281, which for all intents and purposes torpedoes the Tucson Unified School District's Ethnic Studies program, claiming that it reflects white anxiety and resentment as embodied in the election of Pres Obama and the emergence o...

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Published inThe Black scholar Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 37 - 49
Main Authors Clark, D. Anthony, Reed, Tamilia D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Francisco Routledge 22.12.2010
Paradigm Publishers
Taylor & Francis Group LLC
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Academic communities
American Indian education
American Indians
Anxiety
Brewer, Jan
Children
Communities
Cultural education
Education
Educational research
Emigration and immigration law
Ethical aspects
Government regulation
Immigration law
Interpretation and construction
Laws, regulations and rules
Multicultural education
Native American studies
Native Americans
Native North Americans
Native studies
Obama, Barack
Political aspects
Politics
Race relations
Racial integration
Racism
State laws
U.S. state governors
White people
United States
United States > US
Arizona
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Summary:Clark and Reed examine the provisions of Arizona's House Bill 2281, which for all intents and purposes torpedoes the Tucson Unified School District's Ethnic Studies program, claiming that it reflects white anxiety and resentment as embodied in the election of Pres Obama and the emergence of the Tea Party. Focsing on the state's American Indian Studies program, they show how the law, in effect, fails because it denies the opportunity to be fully human in relationship to places, cultures and each other.
ISSN:0006-4246
2162-5387
DOI:10.1080/00064246.2010.11413531