Essentialism Versus Complexity: Conceptions of Racial Identity Construction in Educational Scholarship

Autor/in	Gosine, Kevin
Titel	Essentialism Versus Complexity: Conceptions of Racial Identity Construction in Educational Scholarship
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of Education, 27 (2002) 1, S.81-100 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0380-2361
Schlagwörter	Racial Identification; Literature Reviews; Youth; Multicultural Education; Cultural Pluralism; Community; Foreign Countries; Educational Discrimination; Educational Researchers; Ethnicity; Minority Groups; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Kulturpluralismus; Ausland; Erziehungswissenschaftler; Erziehungswissenschaftlerin; Ethnizität; Ethnische Minderheit; Kanada
Abstract	In this article, I critically review North American education-related literature on identity construction among Black youth. I integrate this body of scholarship to reveal an implicit two-pronged model for examining identity among racialized persons. The first level of analysis involves unveiling collective strivings for a coherent racial identity in the face of a racist society. The second level concerns the underlying complexity, rupture, and ambivalence that such collective quests for identity tend to mask. Multicultural and antiracism education fail to adequately consider the second level of identity, resulting in both approaches presenting an oversimplified and unsatisfactory view of racial and cultural diversity. [published March 2004] (Contains 4 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10