There Is No

Lewis, Amanda E.

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ERIC Number: EJ648256

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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There Is No "Race" in the Schoolyard: Color-Blind Ideology in an (Almost) All-White School.

Lewis, Amanda E.

American Educational Research Journal, v38 n4 p781-811 Win 2001

Using ethnographic techniques and formal interviews with 12 students, examined the racial messages and lessons students got from parents and teachers in one suburban elementary school community. Explicit color-blind "race talk" masked a reality of racialized practices and color-conscious understandings. Discusses this apparent paradox in the context of U.S. racial ideology. (SLD)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Ethnography, Ideology, Interviews, Racial Attitudes, Racial Discrimination, Racial Relations, Suburban Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Research supported by a grant from the Spencer Foundation. Version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Ethnography in Education Forum, March 1999.