Shattering the Denial:
Divine N Promise: A Difficult Journey is a sequential six volume series that speaks to cultural values, educational motivation, peer pressure, racial and social challenges facing young people. It is written in several idioms such as Standard English, Black English, and contemporary youth dialect, as well as some conversational Spanish and African languages. The series uses a storytelling genre, and although the series is fiction it is a compilation of experiences of hundreds of youth who desired to have their stories told. [More info]
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Shattering the Denial: Protocols for the Classroom and Beyond has gone to great lengths to reveal, through research and practice, the possibilities of addressing and reducing racist practices in our schools. It features an Antiracist Education Teacher Study that assisted in providing baseline figures of teacher perceptions of racism, and demonstrated how teachers can successfully implement antiracist concepts in their classrooms. Findings further indicate that such teacher involvement makes a difference in student acceptance and attitude. As teachers display enthusiasm for teaching their subject areas multiculturally, and having an intolerance for racist behavior, many students have shown greater respect and appreciation for their teachers who are willing to expose life's realities. Educators in the Teacher Study became role models for their students. This role modeling empowered students in positive ways to address issues of racism from the student perspective. [More info]
Through Students Eyes: Combating Racism in United States Schools explores racism in American schools and provides possible solutions to this widespread problem. Dr. McLean Dade documents recent incidents of racism and explores the manifestations of racism and its toll on our society. The major part of Dr. McLean Dade's work focuses on the role of the arts in antiracist/multicultural education. She brings together the views of leaders in multicultural education with her own insights to substantiate the importance of the arts in fighting racism. Dr. McLean Dade focuses her research on high school students, discovering that even high achievers perceive racism as a deterrent to their learning. The students most often perceive racism as a problem caused by adults, and Dr. McLean Dade shows that multicultural arts can empower students to stand against this racism. Finally, Dr. McLean Dade explores the reeducation of teachers in an antiracist, interdisciplinary curriculum development and implementation pilot study. [More info]
Chapter Contributions:
· Toward a Literacy of Promise: Joining the African-American Struggle (2009) Chapter: Antiracist Social Justice Theatre Arts Makes a Difference in the Classroom [More info]
· The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination (2004) Kuumba Learning [More info]