Focusing on immigrant youth, this book delves into how their identities are influenced by prevailing societal narratives. It examines the intersection of culture, language, and social expectations, highlighting the challenges and resilience of young immigrants as they navigate their identities in a complex landscape. Through various perspectives, it sheds light on the impact of dominant discourses on their self-perception and community connections.
Focusing on the experiences of Hmong American students and educators, this exploration delves into the impact of cultural memory within the American education system. Bic Ngo argues that schools perpetuate the marginalization of non-Western knowledge, leading to the fragmentation of Hmong identity. Drawing from ethnographic research, the book highlights the challenges students face in balancing cultural heritage with Western pedagogy, as well as grassroots efforts like the Hmong Cultural Club. Ultimately, it emphasizes the agency of the Hmong community in resisting dominant narratives and fostering critical consciousness.
This book spotlights six themes or «lenses» for understanding and analyzing education and its relation to oppression and anti-oppressive transformation. It brings together multiple perspectives on anti-oppressive education from various contexts, including K-12 schools, teacher education programs, postsecondary institutions, and community-based organizations. The book provides an array of practical and theoretical resources for educators to explore and innovate ways to confront and dismantle racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism and other forms of oppression in education. Significantly, this 2nd edition boasts ten new chapters as well as new or considerably revised Conversations for each of the six Parts. The chapters provide readers with diverse perspectives for considering anti-oppressive education from a range of content areas in K-12, postsecondary, and community contexts; student and educator populations; social differences; activities; and research methodology. In addition, this new edition significantly amplifies the perspectives and experiences of youth, including those from Southeast Asian, South Asian, and African American communities.