Discusses the development of racial identity in African-American students. Describes different strategies of minority students to get along in white schools. Includes racelessness, immersion, and oppositional identity. Suggests that academic success is viewed by the African-American student's peers as trying to be white. Argues that the curriculum…

American Indian children are not succeeding in school. A major reason is language. American Indians speak their own indigenous language as well as an indigenous English. Linguistic pressures by teachers are viewed by an Indian child as an attack on his/her identity. Teacher education concerning the relationship between language and identity is…

Transcribes a roundtable discussion among a group of student advisors who studied the history of slavery and worked on the public television project "Africans in America." Discusses issues about presenting history, dealing with slavery and racism, and how the history of slavery impacts students' own identities. (DSK)