1st Edition

The Racialized Experiences of Asian American Teachers in the US Applications of Asian Critical Race Theory to Resist Marginalization

By Jung Kim, Betina Hsieh Copyright 2022
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Drawing on in-depth interviews, this text examines how Asian American teachers in the US have adapted, persisted, and resisted racial stereotyping and systematic marginalization throughout their educational and professional pathways. Utilizing critical perspectives combined with tenets of Asian Critical Race Theory, Kim and Hsieh structure their findings through chapters focused on issues... Read more

1: Introduction: Framing the Experiences of Asian American Educators

2: Asianization and Educational Experiences of Racialization and Marginalization  

3: Considering Asian American Transnational Contexts: Immigration, Generations, and Identities in Education

4: Re-Constructive History: Missing Asian American Stories and Voices in American Curricula and Classrooms

5: Strategic Anti-Essentialism: Balancing Ethnic Identity and Pan-Ethnic Solidarity

6: Intersectionality and Asian American educators’ Experiences of Oppression Along Multiple Axes of Their Identities

7: Commitment to Social Justice: Conscientization and Action

8: Story, Theory, and Praxis: How Our Stories Can Change Our Classrooms

Biography

Jung Kim is Associate Professor of Literacy at Lewis University, USA

Betina Hsieh is Associate Professor of Teacher Education at California State University, Long Beach, USA