Silenced Memories: An Examination of the Sociocultural Knowledge on Race and Racial Violence in Official School Curriculum

Autor/inn/en	Brown, Keffrelyn D.; Brown, Anthony L.
Titel	Silenced Memories: An Examination of the Sociocultural Knowledge on Race and Racial Violence in Official School Curriculum
Quelle	In: Equity & Excellence in Education, 43 (2010) 2, S.139-154 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-5684
Schlagwörter	Race; Violence; African Americans; Curriculum; Critical Theory; Elementary Education; Middle Schools; Textbooks; Social Studies; Resistance (Psychology); Textbook Content; United States History; African American History; Grade 5; Grade 8; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rasse; Abstammung; Gewalt; Afroamerikaner; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Kritische Theorie; Elementarunterricht; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Gemeinschaftskunde; Resistenz; Lehrbuchtext; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08
Abstract	Drawing from the theoretical lenses of cultural memory and critical race theory, we examined how elementary level and middle school level social studies textbooks represent the history of racial violence directed toward African Americans and resistance to this violence in the U.S. Using a literary analysis method, we found that textbooks often presented vivid accounts; however, these narratives often presented these acts as detached from the larger structural and institutional ties that supported and subsequently benefited from these actions. We contend that this limited representation of racial violence has an adverse effect on the larger sociocultural memory and sociocultural knowledge available to students, thus limiting the extent to which students can fully understand the legacy of racism and racial inequity in the U.S. (Contains 1 table and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10