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Article: Multicultural Education as Social Activism
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- The Journal of Negro Education
- Article date:
- July 1, 1996
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Multicultural Education as Social Activism, by Christine E. Sleeter. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1996. 284 pp. $19.95, paper.
Reviewed by Donna Y. Ford, The Ohio State University.
Multicultural Education as Social Activism is a compilation of a dozen articles written since 1988. In it, Sleeter addresses multicultural education from multiple perspectives, including her personal and professional struggles with race, class, and gender. She discusses both the pitfalls and promises of multicultural education, ultimately concluding that a significant goal of multicultural education is social activism. The book begins with Sleeter's description of multicultural education as a form of resistance to ...