White Washing American Education: The New Culture Wars in Ethnic Studies [2 volumes]

Recent attacks on Ethnic Studies, revisionist actions in curriculum content, and anti-immigrant policies are creating a new culture war in America. This important work lays out the current debates—both in K–12 and higher education—to uncover the dangers and to offer solutions. In 2010, HB 2281—a law that bans ethnic studies in Arizona—was passed; in the same year, Texas whitewashed curriculum and textbook changes at the K–12 level. Since then, the nation has seen a rise in the legal and political war on Ethnic Studies, revisionist actions in curriculum content, and anti-immigrant policies, creating a new culture war in America. "White" Washing American Education demonstrates the value and necessity of Ethnic Studies in the 21st century by sharing the voices of those in the trenches—educators, students, community activists, and cultural workers—who are effectively using multidisciplinary approaches to education. This two-volume set of contributed essays provides readers with a historical context to the current struggles and attacks on Ethnic Studies by examining the various cultural and political "wars" that are making an impact on American educational systems, and how students, faculty, and communities are impacted as a result. It investigates specific cases of educational whitewashing and challenges to that whitewashing, such as Tom Horne's attack along with the State Board of Education against the Mexican American studies in the Tucson School District, the experiences of professors of color teaching Ethnic Studies in primarily white universities across the United States, and the role that student activists play in the movements for Ethnic Studies in their high schools, universities, and communities. Readers will come away with an understanding of the history of Ethnic Studies in the United States, the challenges and barriers that Ethnic Studies scholars and practitioners currently face, and the ways to advocate for the development of Ethnic Studies within formal and community-based spaces.

Table of Contents:
Volume 2: Higher Education Introduction: "Picking Up the Torch in Higher Education": Ethnic Studies Culture Wars in the Twenty-first Century Anthony J. Ratcliff and Denise M. Sandoval PART I ETHNIC STUDIES INTELLECTUAL TRADITIONS: POLITICAL AND THEORETICAL SHIFTS IN ACADEMIA 1. Neoliberalism in the Academic Borderlands: An Ongoing Struggle for Equality and Human Rights Antonia Darder 2. "But It's a Dry Hate": Illegal Americans, Other Americans, and the Citizenship Regime T. Mark Montoya 3. Insurrectional Knowledge: Antiprison Africana Pedagogy, Ethnic Studies, and the Undoing of the Carceral State Christopher M. Tinson 4. Issues in the Ethnic Studies Culture Wars: A Veteran's Insights Rodolfo F. Acuña PART II COUNTER-NARRATIVES: TEACHING ETHNIC STUDIES AT WHITE INSTITUTIONS 5. The Battle to Decolonize Knowledge: Theories, Experiences, and Perspectives Teaching Ethnic Studies in Arizona Xamuel Bañales and Mary Roaf 6. On Building Latino Studies in the White, Liberal Arts, Corporatized University: An Autoethnography Oriel María Siu 7. Why Ethnic Studies Matters: A Personal Narrative from a Community College Educator Monica G. Killen 8. We Are Not "the Help": A Composite Autoethnography of Service and Struggle in Ethnic Studies womyn of color collective 9. Where Are All of the Latina/os?: Teaching Latina/o Studies in the Midwest Luis H. Moreno 10. Presumed Biased: The Challenge and Rewards of Teaching "Post-Racial" Students to See Racism Barbara Harris Combs PART III SHARING OUR STORIES: ETHNIC STUDIES RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 11. Militant Humility: The Essential Role of Community Engagement in Ethnic Studies Pedagogy Glenn Omatsu 12. Exploring the Intersections between Scholarship and Activism: Our Journey from Community Concerns to Scholarly Work Yarma Velázquez-Vargas, Marta López-Garza, and Mary Pardo 13. °La Lucha Continua!: Why Community History[-ies] Matters—Ethnic Studies Research, Art Activism, and the Struggle for Space and Place in the Northeast San Fernando Valley Denise M. Sandoval PART IV HUMANISTIC VISIONS/TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE: STUDENT ACTIVISM AND CLASSROOM PEDAGOGY 14. What We Dream, What We Want, What We Do: CSUN Asian American Studies Students Building Bridges and Forging Movements for a Twenty-first-century Asian American Studies Clement Lai, Lawrence Lan, Alina Nguyen, with contributions from Ilaisaane Fonua, Louise Fonua, Kevin Guzman, Samantha Jones, Presley Kann, Gregory Pancho, Carolina Quintanilla, and Emilyn Vallega 15. °Sí Se Pudo!: Student Activism in the Chicana/o Studies Movement at UCLA, 1990–1993 José M. Aguilar-Hernández 16. Teaching Ethnic Studies through SWAPA from California to New York: The Classroom as Healing Space Eddy Francisco Alvarez Jr. 17. On Ethnic Studies, Trauma, and Trigger Warnings Araceli Esparza Index About the Editors and Contributors