Deculturalization and the Struggle for

Based largely on material from Joel Spring's "The American School 1649-2000, Fifth Edition, "Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality is a concise history of Anglo American racism and school policies affecting dominated groups in the United States. Spring focuses on the educational, legal and social construction of race and racism, and on educational practices related to deculturalization, segregation, and the civil rights movement. He emphasizes issues of power and control in schools and how the dominant Anglo class has stripped away the culture of minority peoples in the US and replaced it with the dominant culture.

Spring gives voice to the often-overlooked perspectives of African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, and Native Americans. An understanding of these historical perspectives and how they impact current conditions and policies is critical to teachers' success or failure in today's diverse classrooms. Very brief and affordable, "Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality is an ideal supplement for Introduction/Foun

Preface

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Deculturalization and the Claim of Racial and Cultural Superiority by Anglo-Americans

1

(16)

Is Racial Conflict a Basic Part of U.S. History?

2

(1)

The Uniting of Democracy, Education, Racism, and Religious Intolerance

3

(1)

Race, Racism, and Citizenship

3

(1)

Deculturalization

4

(1)

Concepts of Cultural and Racial Superiority

4

(2)

The Naturalization Act of 1790 and What It Means to Be White

6

(1)

Education and Creation of an Anglo-American Culture

7

(1)

Educational and Cultural Differences

8

(3)

Early Native American Educational Programs

11

(1)

Schooling and the Colonization of the ``Five Civilized Tribes''

12

(3)

Conclusion

15

(1)

Notes

15

(2)

Deculturalization and the Schooling of Native Americans

17

(18)

Citizenship in the New Republic

17

(1)

Thomas L. McKenney: The Cultural Power of Schooling

18

(2)

The Missionary Educators

20

(1)

Language and Native American Cultures

21

(2)

Indian Removal and Civilization Programs

23

(3)

Native Americans: Reservations and Boarding Schools

26

(5)

The Meriam Report

31

(1)

Notes

32

(3)

Education and Segregation: African Americans

35

(20)

Citizenship for African Americans

36

(2)

Fourteenth Amendment: Citizenship and Education

38

(1)

Education Before the Civil War

39

(6)

The Great Crusade for Literacy

45

(5)

Resisting Segregation

50

(1)

The Second Crusade

51

(2)

Notes

53

(2)

Asian Americans: Exclusion and Segregation

55

(13)

Citizenship

56

(6)

Education: From Coolie to Model Minority and Gook

62

(1)

Educating the ``Coolie,'' ``Deviant,'' and ``Yellow Peril''

63

(4)

Notes

67

(1)

Hispanic/Latino Americans: Exclusion and Segregation

68

(26)

What's in A Name?

68

(2)

Issues Regarding Mexican American Citizenship

70

(3)

Issues Regarding Puerto Rican Citizenship

73

(2)

Mexican American Educational Issues

75

(8)

Puerto Rican American Educational Issues

83

(6)

Conclusion: Methods of Deculturalization and Americanization

89

(2)

Notes

91

(3)

The Great Civil Rights Movement and the New Culture Wars

94

(27)

School Desegregation

95

(2)

Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

97

(3)

Native Americans

100

(2)

Indian Education: A National Tragedy

102

(2)

Asian Americans: Educating the ``Model Minority''

104

(2)

Asian Americans: Language and the Continued Struggle for Equal Educational Opportunity

106

(1)

Hispanic/Latino Americans

107

(3)

Bilingual Education: The Culture Wars Continued

110

(3)

Multicultural Education, Immigration, and the Culture Wars

113

(4)

Notes

117

(4)

Index

121

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