EAN: 9781433102929

SISTERS OF HOPE LOOKING BACK STEPPING FORWARD -...

This book documents the critiques and theorizings that working-class African-American women
have drawn from their educational experiences. Based on a study of five African-American
females enrolled in an employer-sponsored workplace speech and language training program  the
book presents lessons learned from participants' efforts to negotiate effects of race  class 
and gender discrimination both in and out of school. Particularly relevant to the field of
education  participants provide insight - on the roles of teachers and schools  instruction 
expectations  motivation  race and education  educational experiences at work  and relevant
education - to inform and help effect change. Because of its interdisciplinarity  Sisters of
Hope  Looking Back  Stepping Forward is an asset for a variety of courses that seek to be
inclusive of the educational experiences and theorizings of marginalized groups. Its insights
on race  class  gender  marginalization  and inequality are relevant to courses in areas such
as African-American studies  women's studies  ethnic studies  multicultural education 
sociolinguistics - black Englishes  history  oral history autobiography  communication  and
religion.

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