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SOP-111 Module Reader Context: This reader includes readings for SOP-111: Exploring Teacher Identity. Table of Contents:

A Word About Language: "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" and Other Conversations about Race (Tatum, 1997) ……………………………………………………………………………………………..2

Racial Awareness: Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap in America's Classrooms (Howard, 2010) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….5

Definitions and Distinctions: Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap (Gorski, 2013)…………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….8

Racism: A System of Advantage Based on Race: "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" and Other Conversations about Race (Tatum, 1997) ………………………………………………….……………………….14

Institutional Racism: Fire in the Heart: How White Activists Embrace Racial Justice (Warren, 2010) ……….…….20

Forms of Racial Microaggressions: Racial Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Implications for Clinical Practice (Sue, Capodilupo, Torino, Bucceri, Holder, Nadal, & Esquilin, 2007) ………………………………………..………..24

The Unequal Distribution of Poverty: Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap. (Gorski, 2013) ………………………….…………………………………………………………………………...31

Social Class and School Knowledge: Social Class and School Knowledge (Anyon, 1981)…………………..……………..36

References……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...41

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A Word About Language: "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" and Other Conversations about Race (Tatum, 1997)

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Tatum, B.D. (1997) "Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" and other conversations about

race. New York: Basic Books. pp. 15-17.

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Racial Awareness: Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap in America's Classrooms (Howard, 2010)

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Howard, T.C. (2010). Why race and culture matter in schools: Closing the achievement gap in America's

classrooms. New York: Teachers College Press. p.121, 123-124.

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Definitions and Distinctions: Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap (Gorski, 2013)

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Gorski, P. (2013). Reaching and teaching students in poverty: Strategies for erasing the opportunity gap. New York: Teachers College Press. pp. 6-11.

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Racism: A System of Advantage Based on Race: "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" and Other Conversations about Race (Tatum, 1997)

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Tatum, B.D. (1997) "Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" and other conversations about

race. New York: Basic Books. pp. 7-13.

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Institutional Racism: Fire in the Heart: How White Activists Embrace Racial Justice (Warren, 2010)

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Warren, M. (2010). Fire in the heart: How white activists embrace racial justice. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 3-6.

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Forms of Racial Microaggressions: Racial Microaggressions

in Everyday Life: Implications for Clinical Practice

(Sue, Capodilupo, Torino, Bucceri, Holder, Nadal, & Esquilin, 2007)

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Sue, D. W., Capodilupo, C. M., Torino, G. C., Bucceri, J. M., Holder, A. M. B., Nadal, K. L., & Esquilin, M. (2007). Racial microaggressions in everyday life: Implications for clinical practice. American Psychologist 62 (4). New York: Teachers College. pp. 271-286. p.272-7. Available here.

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The Unequal Distribution of Poverty: Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap (Gorski, 2013)

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Gorski, P. (2013). Reaching and teaching students in poverty: Strategies for erasing the opportunity gap. New York: Teachers College Press. pp. 44-48.

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Social Class and School Knowledge: Social Class and School Knowledge (Anyon, 1981)

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Anyon goes on to share observations from four schools she classifies as:

Working class

Middle class

Affluent professional

Executive elite One brief sample of her findings appears below:

Working-Class Schools

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Executive Elite School

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Here are a three brief excerpts from Anyon's Conclusions and Implications:

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Anyon, J. (1981). Social class and school knowledge. Curriculum Inquiry, 11(1), 3-41. 3-4, 9, 26, 32, 37-39 .

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References Anyon, J. (1981). Social class and school knowledge. Curriculum Inquiry, 11(1), 3-41. 3-4, 9, 26, 32, 37-39 .

Gorski, P. (2013). Reaching and teaching students in poverty: Strategies for erasing the opportunity gap. New York: Teachers College Press. pp. 6-11, 44-48.

Howard, T. C. (2010). Why race and culture matter in schools: Closing the achievement gap in America's classrooms. New York: Teachers College Press. pp. 121, 123-124.

Tatum, B. D. (1997). "Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" and other conversations about race. New York: Basic Books. pp. 7-13, 15-17.

Sue, D. W., Capodilupo, C. M., Torino, G. C., Bucceri, J. M., Holder, A. M. B., Nadal, K. L., & Esquilin, M. (2007). Racial microaggressions in everyday life: Implications for clinical practice. American Psychologist 62 (4). New York: Teachers College. pp. 271-286. p.272-7. Available here.

Warren, M. (2010). Fire in the heart: How white activists embrace racial justice. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 3-6.