Because of Race How Americans Debate Harm and Opportunity in Our Schools

"[This book] challenges assertions that discrimination against minority children isn?t provable, shouldn?t be discussed, or can?t be fixed."--Education Week "Because of Race ... explores how everyday interactions produce racial disparities in schools... Pollock argues that Americans have entered a ?new civil rights era,? ... [and] ends her book with a passionate call for the pursuit of everyday justice."--Joe Soss, Perspectives on Politics "A groundbreaking book which blows the cover off the country's continued shameful color-coded patterns when it comes to access to quality education."--Kam Williams, Philadelphia Sunday Sun "Because of Race without question extends our understanding of the continued struggle for equitable schooling opportunities in the post-civil rights era. It raises important questions and data that everyone should read, especially those interested in making the nation and its public schools a safe haven of justice and democracy for all."--Christopher M. Span, Journal of American Ethnic History