White Lies: Racism, Education and Critical Race Theory

Unpacking Critical Race Theory (CRT) and exploring why it has become a focus in politics across the US and the UK, White Lies uses CRT to expose the systemic racism that shapes education.

Autorentext

David Gillborn is Emeritus Professor of Critical Race Studies and Founding Director of the Centre for Research in Race and Education (CRRE) at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Inhalt

1. IntroductionPart I: The Current Race War

2. Critical Race Theory: Facts and Fictions

3. A Timeline of Racism, Misinformation and Violence

4. Racial Gaslighting and Intimidation:

Part II: Distraction and Divergence

5. The White Working Class as Race Victims?

6. Policy: Racism, white Ignorance and Cruelty as Spectacle

7. Conclusions: Racism, Power and Inhumanity