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- catalog abstract ""In this candid look at the realities of social and academic privilege, Rothenberg shares incidents from her life and the lives of family and friends to show how privilege is constructed and to reveal the forces that make us unaware of it. Through recollections of her childhood in an upper-middle-class Jewish family and her college years in the sixties, she tells us how she discovered that the world she took for granted as "everyday life" was in fact riddled with privilege." "Reviewing the social upheaval of the seventies that challenged fundamental assumptions about gender roles, race relations, and even the nature of the family, Rothenberg tells how she gained a new understanding of what it meant to be an educator and activist. She shares personal events surrounding the publication of Race, Class and Gender to offer an insider's perspective on the culture wars, and brings her story into the 1990s with a cogent discussion of hate speech and the controversy over "political correctness."" "She also offers a hard-hitting critique of current teaching practices and a response to critics of multiculturalism and feminism, as well as a look at how de facto segregation continues in American education in the form of tracking." "Both deeply personal and broadly social, this memoir will capture the interest of anyone who cares about the future of education, race relations, feminism, and social justice."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11463588.
- catalog coverage "United States Race relations Case studies.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""In this candid look at the realities of social and academic privilege, Rothenberg shares incidents from her life and the lives of family and friends to show how privilege is constructed and to reveal the forces that make us unaware of it. Through recollections of her childhood in an upper-middle-class Jewish family and her college years in the sixties, she tells us how she discovered that the world she took for granted as "everyday life" was in fact riddled with privilege." "Reviewing the social upheaval of the seventies that challenged fundamental assumptions about gender roles, race relations, and even the nature of the family, Rothenberg tells how she gained a new understanding of what it meant to be an educator and activist. She shares personal events surrounding the publication of Race, Class and Gender to offer an insider's perspective on the culture wars, and brings her story into the 1990s with a cogent discussion of hate speech and the controversy over "political correctness."" "She also offers a hard-hitting critique of current teaching practices and a response to critics of multiculturalism and feminism, as well as a look at how de facto segregation continues in American education in the form of tracking." "Both deeply personal and broadly social, this memoir will capture the interest of anyone who cares about the future of education, race relations, feminism, and social justice."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "A Jewish Girlhood -- Negotiating Adolescence -- Becoming Educated -- Getting It Right -- Fifteen Minutes -- Our Town.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "x, 229 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Invisible privilege.".
- catalog identifier "0700610049 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Invisible privilege.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lawrence : University Press of Kansas,".
- catalog relation "Invisible privilege.".
- catalog spatial "United States Race relations Case studies.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "305.8/00973 21".
- catalog subject "E185.615 .R68 2000".
- catalog subject "Jewish women United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Racism United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Rothenberg, Paula S., 1943- Childhood and youth.".
- catalog subject "Sex role United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Social classes United States Case studies.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A Jewish Girlhood -- Negotiating Adolescence -- Becoming Educated -- Getting It Right -- Fifteen Minutes -- Our Town.".
- catalog title "Invisible privilege : a memoir about race, class, and gender / Paula Rothenberg.".
- catalog type "text".