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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337746503321

Autore

Rias Hope C

Titolo

St. Louis School Desegregation [[electronic resource] ] : Patterns of Progress and Peril / / by Hope C. Rias

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-04248-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 pages)

Collana

Historical Studies in Education

Disciplina

370.193420973

Soggetti

Education—History

Educational sociology

Racism in the social sciences

History of Education

Sociology of Education

Sociology of Racism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Why Desegregation Still Matters -- 2. Soft Racism? How Complicating Interpretations of Racism Impact School History -- 3. Historic Patterns of Soft Racism, Symbolic Violence, and Dignified Disdain for Blacks -- 4. With Justice and Equality for Some…- 5. It Takes a Village -- 6. Protecting White Innocents and White Innocence -- 7. History Repeats Itself: The Perils of Normandy High School.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the history of the school desegregation movement in St. Louis, Missouri. Underlining the 2014 killing of Michael Brown as a catalyst for re-examination of school desegregation, Rias delves into the connection between contemporary school segregation and social justice, probing the ways that “soft racism”—a term the author uses to describe the non-violent, yet equally harmful, types of protests that opponents of desegregation utilized—has permeated St. Louis since the days of Brown v. Board of Education. The chapters feature the voices of those who were central to the desegregation fight in St. Louis, showing how the devastating effects of school segregation and soft racism linger today.