AVReading Newsletter June: Book Review-- The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys
Closing out our year on educational research, I’ve decided to review an immensely thoughtful book entitled The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys. This text is not expressly research. However, it does reference a large body of research from within the field of equity and race, and then complements it with testimonies from teachers (both of color and White), commentaries by researchers, and commentaries by many others who have been impacted or involved in the systems of school. The title of the book itself is pretty catchy-- some might say provocative. But the authors decided to be very upfront with who their audience would be and what their purpose was. In the opening chapters they construct an argument that establishes the tremendous inequities that exist in our system-- specifically if you are a young Black boy. The authors intentiona...