Being Bad

My Baby Brother and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Crystal T. Laura (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

144 Seiten

2014
Teachers' College Press (Verlag)
978-0-8077-5597-6 (ISBN)

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Being Bad will change the way you think about the social and academic worlds of Black boys. In a poignant and harrowing journey from systems of education to systems of criminal justice, the author follows her brother, Chris, who has been designated a “bad kid” by his school, a “person of interest” by the police, and a “gangster” by society. Readers first meet Chris in a Chicago jail, where he is being held in connection with a string of street robberies. We then learn about Chris through insiders’ accounts that stretch across time to reveal key events preceding this tragic moment. Together, these stories explore such timely issues as the under-education of Black males, the place and importance of scapegoats in our culture, the on-the-ground reality of zero tolerance, the role of mainstream media in constructing Black masculinity, and the critical relationships between schools and prisons. No other book combines rigorous research, personal narrative, and compelling storytelling to examine the educational experiences of young Black males.

Crystal T. Laura is an assistant professor of educational leadership at Chicago State University.

Reihe/Serie	Teaching for Social Justice Series
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 228 mm
Gewicht	500 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8077-5597-4 / 0807755974
ISBN-13	978-0-8077-5597-6 / 9780807755976
Zustand	Neuware