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Tender violence in US schools : benevolent Whiteness and the dangers of heroic White womanhood /

"Within educational research, the over-disciplining of Black and Indigenous students is most often presented as a problem located within pathologized or misunderstood communities. That is, theories and proposed solutions tend toward those that ask how we can make students of color from particul...

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Main Authors: Bauer, Natalee Kēhaulani
Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: 2023.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education
Subjects:
Discrimination in school discipline > United States > History > 19th century.
Racism in education > United States > History > 19th century.
Women teachers, White > United States > Attitudes > History > 19th century.
African American students > History > 19th century.
Missions > Educational work > United States > History > 19th century.
African American students.
Discrimination in school discipline.
Missions > Educational work.
Racism in education.
United States.
Summary: "Within educational research, the over-disciplining of Black and Indigenous students is most often presented as a problem located within pathologized or misunderstood communities. That is, theories and proposed solutions tend toward those that ask how we can make students of color from particular backgrounds more suited to U.S. educational standards rather than questioning the racist roots of those standards. Tender Violence in US Schools takes as a provocation this "discipline gap," in exploring a thus far unconsidered stance and asking how white women (the majority of U.S. teachers) have historically understood their roles in the disciplining of Black and Indigenous students, and how and why their role has been constructed over time and space in service to institutions of the white settler colonial State"--
Carrier Form: xv, 108 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781032063362
103206336X
9781032063379
1032063378
Index Number: LB3012
CLC: G649.712.9
Call Number: G649.712.9/B344
Contents: (En)gendering whiteness : Toward a theory of benevolent whiteness -- Woman on a mission : Lucy Goodale Thurston -- The invasion of light and love : Laura Matilda Towne -- Sister to the Sioux : Elaine Goodale Eastman -- A woman's work is never done : Benevolent whiteness in "post-racial" America.

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