You'd Never Know How Racist I Was, If You Met Me on the Street.

Ortiz, Samuel O.

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ERIC Number: EJ596715

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Publication Date: 1999

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You'd Never Know How Racist I Was, If You Met Me on the Street.

Ortiz, Samuel O.

Journal of Counseling & Development, v77 n1 p9-12 Win 1999

If you don't get racism from your parents, it's easy to catch it at school. This Hispanic author recounts his experience of learning to hate his own people. He provides insight into peeling away layers of personal devaluation and racism and discusses the question of bilingual education. (EMK)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Childhood Attitudes, Coping, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Bias, Ethnic Relations, Ethnicity, Family Influence, Hispanic Americans, Identification (Psychology), Individual Development, Personal Narratives, Racial Attitudes, Racial Identification, Self Concept

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Language: English

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