Description: Mahiri argues that multicultural education needs to move beyond racial categories defined by the social, political, and economic forces of white supremacy. Exploring contemporary and historical scholarship on race, the emergence of multiculturalism, and the rise of the digital age, Deconstructing Race investigates micro-cultural practices and provides a framework for understanding the diversity of individuals and groups.
Review Quotes:
"As a nation, we seem unable to reconcile our stated principles of equality, freedom, and liberty for all against realities of white supremacist ideologies and principles that continue to subjugate and relegate people of color to the margins. But what if we were to get beyond the categories that constrain, confine, and entrench white supremacy? Jabari Mahiri opens the door for just such considerations."
-- "Teachers College Record"