Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope

Writing About Struggles To End Racism And White Supremacy, The Autho Reminds Us That No One Is Born A Racist--everyone Makes A Choice. But The Pervasiveness Of Racism In Society - The Worship Of Whiteness - Devalues Us All. To Teach Community Means, For Example To Work Against The Effects Of Such Socialization And To Resist Even The Subtle Ways In Which Racism Is Reinforced. Preface : Teaching And Living In Hope -- The Will To Learn: The World As Classroom -- Time Out: Classrooms Without Boundaries -- Talking Race And Racism -- Democratic Education -- What Happens When White People Change -- Standards -- How Can We Serve -- Moving Beyond Shame -- Keepers Of Hope: Teaching In Communities -- Progressive Learning: A Family Value -- Heart To Heart: Teaching With Love -- Good Sex: Passionate Pedagogy -- Spirituality In Education -- This Is Our Life: Teaching Toward Death -- Spiritual Matters In The Classroom -- Practical Wisdom -- Index. Bell Hooks. Includes Index.