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Title: Souls Looking Back: Life Stories of Growing Up Black by Andrew (edition), Ward Victoria, Janie (edition), Robinson L. Tracy (edition), Kilkenny, Robert (edition) Garrod, Janie Victoria Ward, Tracy L. Robinson, Robert Kilkenny, James P. Comer ISBN: 0-415-92062-0 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: April, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Life stories
Comment: A collection of essays wrote by african american and biracal young adults. The essays are about struggles the writers have been through while growing up, and on college campues. I throught all the essays were good.
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonder sociological study
Comment: This book is a very well-done sociological study of African American/bi-racial college students and the telling of their stories to get to this point in their lives. The stories are diverse yet similar. Bright, misunderstood, sticking out like sore thumbs because they were of color and intelligent. That is not the way it is supposed to be. Why is it African Americans are ridiculed for being smart. I read Kunjufu's book some years ago when my daughter was in middle school, Black Peer Pressure: To be Popular or Smart. Why must you choose. I am trying to remember my childhood experiences. I cannot remember being ridiculed for doing well in school. It seemed that was the norm for my group and the kids seem to have more respect for one another. I know this is unusual. I think about my brother who is now a well-known cardiologist in the Bay Area and when I look back on it, he must have felt isolated because he was one of those super-smart, gifted students. From the first story of Prince which was heart-wrenching. He was truly a testament to the poverty and hardship. He proved he could succeed against the oods. So, it is with Malik who had a drug-addicted mother. These young men's stories is in contrast to some of the more affluent of the group. Maria, Rob, and Steve had all of the amenities to have a good head start, well-eduacated, financially secure, and good neighborhoods. However I must say, I was disappointed that these students felt they had little in common with other black students because of their status. And it seemed their attitudes were reinforced by their parents attitudes who seemed to feel if it's white, its right. I am trying to reconcile these parents with the generation that had to strive for basic civil rights in housing and education. Where was the pride in being black. Why were they not going to black churches and putting their children in contact with other young black people with groups such as Jack and Jill or church youth groups? I always thought it was the generation these students that lost the black pride, not their parents who I guess are in their forties, fifties, and sixties. Claudio and Alessandro had to do with the problem of being both black and Latino and all the trials associated with being of a double culture. So often in Latin cultures, children are told they are Latino and then they get out into the world where no one will let them forget they are black. That can be a rude awakening when culture and color clash. The bi-racial students angst of being between two world, not knowing where they belong. This story was also very well told in "Black, White,Other" by Lise Funderburg. Christina and Susanna's black fathers evidently had problems with their black identities. It seems in these and many bi-racial families they do no discuss race, as if not talking about it, it won't be a problem. But as they find out, these issues need to be discussed. Sure these kind of parents say they just want their children to grow up to be good, healthy individuals, regardless of race. Not in America where race and race matters are so pervasive. The editors forewords before each chapter, Janie Victoria Ward and Tracy L. Robinson among them were provacative, intelligent studies. I would highly recommend this book to high school and college student of African descent as well as their parents and students of black sociology. Very well done.
Rating: 5
Summary: Engaging and Critical Personal Narratives
Comment: Souls Looking Back is a thought-provoking, engaging and critical work that solidifies the validity of personal narrative as form of interpretive research with a focus on critical race theory. Anyone who may posses any questions regarding the power of such representation should read, ingest and reflect upon the stories of the young people presented in this book. The editors splendedly synthesized these educational and personal memoirs within the context of personal identity, critical race, critical feminist and critical race feminist perspectives. I would strongly recommend this book for all those with sincere interests in anthropology, sociology, psychology, African-American/African-Carribean/Afro-British studies, and education. This book truly exemplifies the multiplicity of lives our young people of color experience.
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Title: Landscapes of Development: An Anthology of Readings by Laura E. Berk ISBN: 0534543782 Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Pub. Date: 06 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $51.95 |
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Title: Lives on the Boundary by Mike Rose ISBN: 0140124039 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1990 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 by Stephanie Harvey ISBN: 1571100725 Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $26.25 |
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Title: Hunger of Memory : The Education of Richard Rodriguez by Richard Rodriguez ISBN: 0553272934 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 January, 1983 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Teaching Reading in Social Studies, Science and Math (Grades 3 & Up) by Laura Robb ISBN: 0439176697 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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