Narratives of South Asian and South Asian American Social Justice Educators

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Narratives of South Asian and South Asian American Social Justice Educators carries the voices of faculty in higher education. Caught between the stereotypes of the model minority and invisibleness, the authors narrate their triumphs, trials, and tribulations as social justice educators in US teacher education and allied fields. Their autoethnography-based narratives substantiate that a post-racial America is far from over. Stemming from their experiences in classrooms and the community, the authors offer usable strategies to educators and administrators, with the objective of creating a socially just society.

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Profoundly startling are these humble, generous stories that reflect both universality and uniqueness in the journeys and lifework of scholars at the cutting edge of anti-oppressive education. Anita Rao Mysore and colleagues offer us a collection of Narratives of South Asian and South Asian American Social Justice Educators that is both compelling and unsettling, both eye-opening and inspiring, both lyrical and interventionist. Their narratives teach -- and show us just how much more we have to learn.

-- Kevin Kumashiro, editor of "Troubling Intersections of Race and Sexuality: Queer Students of Color and Anti-Oppressive Education"

Narratives of South Asian and South Asian American Social Justice Educators is a timely and powerful book that brings together many leading scholars from the South Asian diaspora in North America. With their focus on the politics of justice, the life stories gathered here offer a rich and politically important challenge to stereotypes of South Asians.

-- Wayne Au, University of Washington Bothell

Author Bio

Anita Rao Mysore is associate professor at Christ University, Bengaluru, India.