The Wrong Kind of Different

Download or read book The Wrong Kind of Different written by Antonia Randolph and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-26 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explores how teachers perceive students from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and the unintended consequences of a kind of 'colorblind multiculturalism.' She unearths a hierarchy of acceptance and legitimacy that excludes most poor Black students and favors certain immigrant minorities. In addition, Randolph discovers how some teachers distinguish their support for certain forms of student diversity from curriculum diversity, such as accommodating bilingual education"--Publisher description.