In a Classroom of Their Own
ebook ∣ The Intersection of Race and Feminist Politics in All-Black Male Schools · Dissident Feminisms
By Keisha Lindsay
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Many advocates of all-black male schools (ABMSs) argue that these institutions counter black boys' racist emasculation in white, "overly" female classrooms. This argument challenges racism and perpetuates antifeminism.
Keisha Lindsay explains the complex politics of ABMSs by situating these schools within broader efforts at neoliberal education reform and within specific conversations about both "endangered" black males and a "boy crisis" in education. Lindsay also demonstrates that intersectionality, long considered feminist, is in fact a politically fluid framework. As such, it represents a potent tool for advancing many political agendas, including those of ABMSs supporters who champion antiracist education for black boys while obscuring black girls' own race and gender-based oppression in school. Finally, Lindsay theorizes a particular means by which black men and other groups can form antiracist and feminist coalitions even when they make claims about their experiences that threaten bridge building. The way forward, Lindsay shows, allows disadvantaged groups to navigate the racial and gendered politics that divide them in pursuit of productive—and progressive—solutions.
Far-thinking and boldly argued, In a Classroom of Their Own explores the dilemmas faced by professionals and parents in search of equitable schooling for all students—black boys and otherwise.
| Cover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: A Separate Class of Boys Chapter 1. Choice, Crisis, and Urban Endangerment Chapter 2. Antiracist, Antifeminist Intersectionality Chapter 3. The Double Dialectic between Experience and Politics Chapter 4. Building Progressive Coalitions around Experience-Based Politics Conclusion: A New Politics of Experience Appendix Notes References Index | Michael Harrington Book Award, New Political Science Caucus of the American Political Science Association, 2019 — New Political Science Caucus of the American Political Science Association
|Keisha Lindsay is an associate professor of gender and women's studies and political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Keisha Lindsay explains the complex politics of ABMSs by situating these schools within broader efforts at neoliberal education reform and within specific conversations about both "endangered" black males and a "boy crisis" in education. Lindsay also demonstrates that intersectionality, long considered feminist, is in fact a politically fluid framework. As such, it represents a potent tool for advancing many political agendas, including those of ABMSs supporters who champion antiracist education for black boys while obscuring black girls' own race and gender-based oppression in school. Finally, Lindsay theorizes a particular means by which black men and other groups can form antiracist and feminist coalitions even when they make claims about their experiences that threaten bridge building. The way forward, Lindsay shows, allows disadvantaged groups to navigate the racial and gendered politics that divide them in pursuit of productive—and progressive—solutions.
Far-thinking and boldly argued, In a Classroom of Their Own explores the dilemmas faced by professionals and parents in search of equitable schooling for all students—black boys and otherwise.
| Cover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: A Separate Class of Boys Chapter 1. Choice, Crisis, and Urban Endangerment Chapter 2. Antiracist, Antifeminist Intersectionality Chapter 3. The Double Dialectic between Experience and Politics Chapter 4. Building Progressive Coalitions around Experience-Based Politics Conclusion: A New Politics of Experience Appendix Notes References Index | Michael Harrington Book Award, New Political Science Caucus of the American Political Science Association, 2019 — New Political Science Caucus of the American Political Science Association
|Keisha Lindsay is an associate professor of gender and women's studies and political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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