{"product_id":"standing-strong-in-undemocratic-times-cherry-a-mcgee-banks-9780807784273","title":"Standing Strong in Undemocratic Times: Supporting Diversity and Enhancing Democracy in Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMany of the nation's most eminent education scholars and researchers describe constructive and effective ways to respond to and resist the attacks on diversity and multicultural education and to support democracy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this timely volume, James A. Banks and a stellar group of contributors push back on the national and cogent attacks on diversity and multicultural education, both of which have accelerated after the 2024 presidential election. Beyond describing the challenges that multicultural education and democracy are likely to face in the coming years, each chapter offers interventions and actions that educators and administrators can take to mitigate their impact. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStanding Strong in Undemocratic Times\u003c\/i\u003e describes ways in which democracy is fragile and endangered in the United States and how teaching about diversity in schools, colleges, and universities can help to promote democracy in the nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Features: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribes the origins and nature of the attacks on DEI and of teaching about race in America's schools, colleges, and universities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides information, research, and strategies that can give educators hope and ways to envision the future of diversity and multicultural education programs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores how opponents of diversity and multicultural education have perpetuated misinformation, such as the claim that critical race theory is being taught in K-12 schools.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes contributions by three cohorts of multicultural education scholars: the founders, the second generation, and the most recent researchers in the field.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamines how fascism and authoritarianism are growing in the United States and how education in schools, colleges, and universities can counter these forces.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface \u003c\/b\u003eJames A. Banks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/b\u003eJames A. Banks \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I: RACISM, FASCISM, AND THE QUEST FOR EQUITY AND DEMOCRACY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurviving a Second Nadir: Resisting the Rightist Destruction of Democracy, \u003cb\u003eGloria Ladson-Billings\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDEI, Democracy, and the Authoritarian Threat: Why Higher Education Must Resist, \u003cb\u003eRoyel M. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite Racial Shame and the Permanence of Racism: A Critical Hope Response, \u003cb\u003eRobin DiAngelo\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRise of Fascism in the United States: A Critical Multicultural Anti-Fascist Response, \u003cb\u003eMichael Vavrus\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II: REVITALIZING DIVERSITY AND MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhites in Multicultural Education: Retrospective and Reflection, \u003cb\u003eGary Howard\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResisting Resistance to Diversity, \u003cb\u003eGeneva Gay\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePossibilities and Obligations of Critical Scholars When Knowledge Production Is Under Siege, \u003cb\u003eMichelle Fine \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eLois Weis\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(Re-)Envisioning the Transformative Power of Multicultural Education, \u003cb\u003eGilberto Q. Conchas \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eVictor DeAlba\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the Wake of Anti-Woke: Education, Racism Without Races, and Breaking With Symmetricism, \u003cb\u003eZeus Leonardo\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III: CURRICULUM AND TEACHING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConfronting Educational Inequity in the United States: Daring to Hope, \u003cb\u003eSonia Nieto\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurriculum for a Diverse Democracy, \u003cb\u003eChristine E. Sleeter\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCulturally Responsive Pedagogy for Immigrant-Origin Students, \u003cb\u003eCarola Suárez-Orozco\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV: REENVISIONING THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY, DIVERSITY, AND CITIZENSHIP\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDEI Disaster Recovery in America's K-12 Schools and Higher Education Institutions, \u003cb\u003eShaun Harper\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRedefining Membership: Executive Actions and the Boundaries of Citizenship, \u003cb\u003eAngela M. Banks\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeaching Towards Expansive Solidarities in Dangerous Times, \u003cb\u003eWayne Au\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfterword: \u003c\/b\u003eDiversity as a Vehicle for Promoting Democracy\u003cb\u003e, Cherry A. McGee Banks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cherry A. McGee Banks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807784273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807784273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Teachers College Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Cherry A. 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