Teaching about Race and Racism Across the Disciplines

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 20.02.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Countering Colorblindness
  3. Faith Ringgold’s Life
  4. The Quilting Tradition
  5. Teaching Strategies and Classroom Activities
  6. Resources
  7. Appendix – Implementing District Standards
  8. Endnotes

Understanding Race and Racism Through Faith’s Ringgold’s Work

Carol P. Boynton

Published September 2020

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Resources

Beardsley, John. 2002. The Quilts of Gees Bend. Atlanta: Tinwood.

Castro-Atwater, Sheri A. 2016. Color-blind racial ideology in K-12 schools. In H. A. Neville, M. E. Gallardo, & D. W. Sue (Eds.), The myth of racial color blindness: Manifestations, dynamics, and impact (p. 207–225). American Psychological Association.

Chalmers, F. Graeme. 1992. “The Origins of Racism in the Public School Art Curriculum.” Studies in Art Education 33 (3): 134. https://doi.org/10.2307/1320895.

Chaplin, Mae. 2019. “Reclaiming Multicultural Education: Course Redesign as a Tool for Transformation.” Multicultural Perspectives 21 (3): 151–58. https://doi.org/10.1080/15210960.2019.1659041.

Crenshaw Kimberlé, Luke Charles Harris, Daniel HoSang, and George Lipsitz. 2019. Seeing Race Again: Countering Colorblindness across the Disciplines. Oakland, CA: University of California Press.

“Faith Ringgold Books, Author Biography, and Reading Level.” n.d. Scholastic. Accessed July 14, 2020. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/faith-ringgold/.

“Home.” n.d. Faith Ringgold. Accessed July 14, 2020. https://www.faithringgold.com/.

Kraehe, Amelia. 2010. “Multicultural Art Education in an Era of Standardized Testing: Changes in Knowledge and Skill for Art Teacher Certification in Texas.” Studies in Art Education 51 (2): 162–75. https://doi.org/10.1080/00393541.2010.11518799.

Morris, Bob. 2020. “Faith Ringgold Will Keep Fighting Back.” New York Times, June 11, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/arts/design/faith-ringgold-art.html.

Ringgold, Faith. 2005. We Flew over the Bridge: The Memoirs of Faith Ringgold. Durham (N.C.): Duke University Press.

Rubin, Susan Goldman. 2017. Quilts of Gees Bend: Piecing Them Up. Place of publication not identified: Harry N Abrams.

Russeth, Andrew. 2019. “The Storyteller: At 85, Her Star Still Rising, Faith Ringgold Looks Back on Her Life in Art, Activism, and Education.” ARTnews.com. ARTnews.com. November 18, 2019. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/the-storyteller-faith-ringgold-5918/.

Sleeter, Christine E., and Carl A. Grant. 2009. Making Choices for Multicultural Education: Five Approaches to Race, Class, and Gender. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

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