RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Illusion of Inclusion: A Critical Race Theory Textual Analysis of Race and Standards
JF Harvard Educational Review
JO herp
FD Harvard Educational Press
SP 403
OP 424
DO 10.17763/haer.82.3.84p8228670j24650
VO 82
IS 3
A1 Vasquez Heilig, Julian
A1 Brown, Keffrelyn
A1 Brown, Anthony
YR 2012
UL http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/82/3/403.abstract
AB In this article, Julian Vasquez Heilig, Keffrelyn Brown, and Anthony Brown offer findings from a close textual analysis of how the Texas social studies standards address race, racism, and communities of color. Using the lens of critical race theory, the authors uncover the sometimes subtle ways that the standards can appear to adequately address race while at the same time marginalizing it—the “illusion of inclusion.” Their study offers insight into the mechanisms of marginalization in standards and a model of how to closely analyze such standards, which, the authors argue, is increasingly important as the standards and accountability movements continue to grow in influence.