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seeing with poetic eyes critical race theory and moving from liberal to critical forms of race research in sociology of education
seeing with poetic eyes is a phrase used by a teacher to describe one of his students a teenager who could recognize the disconnect between u.s. societys claims about racial equity and its actual commitment towards that equity . as a teacher he saw it as his mission to help all of his students see the world in such a critical way with that hope that they would be motivated to pursue antiracism more actively in their lives . in this book i discuss how critical race theory crt can motivate research on race in sociology of education in a similar way . specifically i describe how crt helped me work with seven white teachers on developing more critical understandings of race . in my ethnographic interviews with these teachers the analytical tools of crt gave me a way to openly dialogue with them about issues of race in education . i was able to not only learn from the teachers but also work with them on developing racial awareness . instead of relying on more liberal forms of sociological research where the researcher extracts data from participants crt helped me promote a more critical approach one where the researcher and participants work together to actively pursue antiracism in the research act itself . so seeing with poetic eyes refers the way that i have come to view research as a means of antiracism . similarly i propose that crt can promote such a critical approach to research on race in the field of sociology of education .
paperback sense publishers 2009 isbn13 9789087907723 isbn10 9087907729
abridged n isbn 13 9789087907723 number in series 1 number of pages 140 publisher lightning source inc release date 62135769600000