(Name-mce) ListServ 10 Most Important Books: Poll

[Paul or Lisa]

1. Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol
2. Death at an Early Age by Jonathan Kozol
3. Blood Done Sign My Name by Timothy Tyson
4. A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind
5. Affirming Diversity by Sonia Nieto
6. Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen
7. Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez
8. A Lesson before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
9. Burro Genius by Victor Villasenor
10. Readings for Diversity and Social Justice editors Maurianne Adams, 
Warren Blumenfeld, Rosie Castaneda, Heather Hackman, Madeline Peters, Ximena 
Zuniga

Thanks for the question!

Lisa M. Weinbaum
Las Cruces Public Schools

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From: "Paul C.Gorski" <gorski at edchange.org>
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Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 8:12 PM
Subject: (Name-mce) ListServ 10 Most Important Books: Poll


> Hello, friends.
>
> I'm doing a bit of a poll. It's very simple. Please send me what you 
> believe
> to be the 10 (or up to 10) most important books related to equity, social
> justice, and/or multicultural education. Please send the book title and
> author name.
>
> Feel free to think outside the box. The books don't have to be about
> education explicitly and they don't even have to be non-fiction. But I'm
> hoping for books that push boundaries, that aren't, in essence, "soft,"
> celebrating diversity sorts of things.
>
> As an example, I'm listing 5 of the books that have been most 
> inspirational
> to my work below.
>
> Thanks for your input,
>
> Paul
>
> 1. Borderlands: La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldua
> 2. Multicultural Education as Social Activism by Christine Sleeter
> 3. John Brown by W.E.B. DuBois
> 4. The Critical Pedagogy Reader by Antonia Darder (Ed.)
> 5. Global Critical Race Feminism: An International Reader by Adrien
> Katharine Wing (Ed.)
>
>
>
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