(Un)knowing Diversity tells the powerful stories of five minoritized American youths' school
experiences. In their own words we learn what it is like to go to school what helps what
does not and who these students are becoming. The author outlines the practice of testimonio
work then interprets each narrative identifying the fixed fluid concurrent and dynamic
processes that serve to both map and unmap youth in schools - offering the possibility of
decolonization. She identifies postcolonial and neocolonial concepts such as hybridity
nationalism authenticity ambivalence transnationalism and surveillance. The volume which
includes a study guide with questions and assignments suitable for undergraduate and graduate
coursework will be useful in qualitative methods courses multicultural foundations courses
and courses in education and sociology.
