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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780525603321

Autore

Simpson Jennifer S.

Titolo

'I have been waiting' : race and U.S. higher education / / Jennifer S. Simpson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

1-281-99449-9

9786611994495

1-4426-7594-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Disciplina

306.43

Soggetti

Discrimination in higher education - United States

Minorities - Education (Higher) - United States

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : race and higher education -- Resisting "sympathy and yet distance" : the connection of race, memory, and history -- We are not enough : epistemology and the production of knowledge -- The challenges and possibilities of cross-racial dialogue -- "Racism is not a theory" : race matters in the classroom.

Sommario/riassunto

'I Have Been Waiting' is an important work, confirming that sustained attention to issues of race in higher education is both difficult and necessary.