Engaging in Meaningful Conversations: The Need to Foster Ethnic-Racial Identity in School

Autor/inn/en	Rivas-Drake, Deborah; Umaña-Taylor, Adriana J.
Titel	Engaging in Meaningful Conversations: The Need to Foster Ethnic-Racial Identity in School
Quelle	In: American Educator, 43 (2019) 3, S.18-22 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0148-432X
Schlagwörter	Racial Identification; Ethnicity; Discussion; Adolescents; Intergroup Relations; Empathy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Diskussion; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Empathie
Abstract	In the United States, one does not need to go far to encounter situations in which racial and ethnic dynamics are at work. Youth are bombarded with messages about race and ethnicity in their everyday lives. Such stories, images, situations, and broader conversations often evoke fear, pain, and guilt among even the most socially conscious adults who consider themselves well-versed in the complexities of ethnic-racial relations in U.S. society. It is challenging to reconcile the disparate perspectives on these ethnic-racial tensions, much less have open dialogue about them, but the nation's social fabric is weakened by not engaging in meaningful dialogue about these issues. In the authors' book, "Below the Surface: Talking with Teens about Race, Ethnicity, and Identity," from which this article is excerpted, they openly discuss many current ethnic-racial disparities and tensions about which conversations are usually stifled. Herein, they briefly discuss why these conversations are challenging but of the utmost importance. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO. 555 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001. Tel: 202-879-4420; e-mail: ae@aft.org; Web site: http://www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01