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ERIC Number: EJ1390946
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0017-8055
EISSN: EISSN-1943-5045
White Organizers and White Organizations? Dilemmas of Whiteness in a Youth-Led Movement for School Integration
Freidus, Alexandra
Harvard Educational Review, v93 n2 p202-224 Sum 2023
In this ethnographic study, Alexandra Freidus investigates the dilemmas of whiteness that challenge a youth-led campaign for school integration in New York City. Analyzing field observations, interviews, and internal documents, she illustrates the ways whiteness shaped young people's identities as allies and activists, contributed to an organizational culture that many members of color considered a "White space," and operated as both an asset and a limitation in the group's organizing tactics. Her findings point to the need for multiracial educational coalitions and social movements to critically and consciously engage with the dilemmas of whiteness inherent in their work.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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