{"product_id":"9780807773000","title":"The Wrong Kind of Different: Challenging the Meaning of Diversity in American Classrooms","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow can multiculturalism go wrong? Through extensive interviews conducted in a large Midwestern district, Antonia Randolph explores how teachers perceive students from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and the unintended consequences of a kind of “colorblind multiculturalism.” She unearths a hierarchy of acceptance and legitimacy that excludes most poor Black students and favors certain immigrant minorities. In addition, Randolph discovers how some teachers distinguish their support for certain forms of student diversity from curriculum diversity, such as accommodating bilingual education, which they find burdensome.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis provocative book challenges readers to look beyond the surface benefits of diversity and raises issues about American schools that need to be addressed, including:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow school diversity policy has become detached from concerns about equity and social justice.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow teachers see diversity as a “good” thing as long as it doesn’t inconvenience them or lower their schools’ scores on standardized tests.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow some immigrant children receive favorable treatment sanctioned by multicultural ideology and practice.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow many Black students and schools suffer racial penalties for being “the wrong kind of different.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Antonia Randolph raises a gamut of issues that sorely need to be confronted. I commend her for having the insight and courage to bring these unsettling truths to light, based as they are on assiduous research.” \u003cbr\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Steinberg\u003c\/strong\u003e, Distinguished Professor of Urban Studies, Queens College \u0026amp; Graduate Center, City University of New York\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teachers College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109436145904,"sku":"9780807773000","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807773000_p0.jpg?v=1763729604","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807773000","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}