2009
DOI: 10.1080/15210960903446036
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Celebration and Separation: A Troublesome Approach to Multicultural Education

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“…As a curricular topic, the fact of Obama's firstness is of course not itself a harmful issue, just as celebrating the achievements of other African Americans does not alone give cause for concern. Rather, limiting Obama's potential to his primacy maintains a superficial level of multicultural education that focuses exclusively on celebration (Luther, 2009), a theme more consistent with racial liberalism than racial literacy (Guinier, 2004). Celebration-only discourses remove the actor from his socio-political context, and students lose an opportunity to see the complexity of contemporary race politics and how the formation of official curricula come to delimit these stories and their political uses in the present (Apple, 2004).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…As a curricular topic, the fact of Obama's firstness is of course not itself a harmful issue, just as celebrating the achievements of other African Americans does not alone give cause for concern. Rather, limiting Obama's potential to his primacy maintains a superficial level of multicultural education that focuses exclusively on celebration (Luther, 2009), a theme more consistent with racial liberalism than racial literacy (Guinier, 2004). Celebration-only discourses remove the actor from his socio-political context, and students lose an opportunity to see the complexity of contemporary race politics and how the formation of official curricula come to delimit these stories and their political uses in the present (Apple, 2004).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…Both Luther (2009) and Lueck and Steffen (2011) describe the benefits White students derive from the opportunity to hear the perspectives of their African American counterparts. Charlotte's report of the growth in knowledge and change in attitude of her White students in detracked classes confirms the importance of thoroughly integrated classrooms.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The literature on celebration in education often centers on the celebration of holidays, heritage months, to some extent, student learning and growth, and other milestones [44,45]. There is much less regarding the celebration of one's humanity and dignity in education [46,47], though there seems to be some shifting developments in this direction, notably since the COVID-19 pandemic, for example [48].…”
Section: Care Touch and Celebrationmentioning
confidence: 99%