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Argues that African American students should be taught to navigate and resist the racism perpetuated in every aspect of society and schools, and that to do so requires the development and expression of a culturally-rooted voice as a foundation for multicultural, multilingual, democratic communities. Knaus focuses on the voices, perspectives, and experiences of urban African American students, and on their writing, to remind educators of the power of voice, and how far schools are from addressing the reality of racism. From publisher description.

This book explores Black school leadership and the development of anti-racist, purpose-driven leadership identities. Recognizing that schools within the United States maintain racial disparities, the authors highlight Black educational leaders who remain in leadership trajectories so that they can transform school systems. With a focus on thirteen school leaders, this volume demonstrates how schools exclude African American students, and the impacts such exclusions have on Black school leaders. It clarifies parallel racism along the pathway to becoming teachers and school leaders, framing an educational pipeline designed to silence and mold educators into perpetrators of educational disparities.

Based upon three sets of studies in schools in and around Cape Town, Whiteness Is the New South Africa highlights drastic racial disparities, suggesting that educational apartheid continues unabated, potentially fostering future generations of impoverished Black and Coloured communities.