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"This unique contribution to the study of racial microaggressions uses Critical Race Theory (CRT) to develop concepts, frameworks, and models. With a focus on the lived experiences of People of Color, this book can be used to disrupt the everyday racism that continues to target so many Communities of Color"--
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When Springville residents--at least the ones still alive--are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation . . . Maddy did it. An outcast at her small-town Georgia high school, Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies. And she's dealt with it because she has more pressing problems to manage. Until the morning a surprise rainstorm reveals her most closely kept secret: Maddy is biracial. She...
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Six years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks. Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals in their own school. New rules. Random locker searches. Constant intimidation and Oakland Police Department...
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"An intimate portrait of a small Southern town living through tumultuous times, this propulsive piece of forgotten civil rights history-about the first school to attempt court-ordered desegregation in the wake of Brown v. Board-will forever change how you think of the end of racial segregation in America. In graduate school, Rachel Martin volunteered with a Southern oral history project. One day, she was sent to a small town in Tennessee, in the foothills...
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Examines the current state of the public school system in Chicago as well as profiling individual schools, arguing that far from being buildings full of failure, schools should instead be seen as integral parts of their neighborhoods, serving to bring together their communities, and serve as the focal point for making lasting memories for their students. Discusses the fallout and effect of then-mayor Rahm Emanuel's decision to close a wave of public...