Within educational research, the over-disciplining of Black and Indigenous students is most often presented as a problem located within pathologized or misunderstood communities. That is, theories and proposed solutions tend toward those that ask how we can make students of color from particular backgrounds more suited to U.S. educational standards rather than questioning the racist roots of those standards. Tender Violence in US Schools takes as a provocation this "discipline gap," in exploring a thus far unconsidered stance and asking how white women (the majority of U.S. teachers) have historically understood their roles in the disciplining of Black and Indigenous students, and how and why their role has been constructed over time and space in service to institutions of the white settler colonial State.

Book Information
ISBN 9781032063362
Author Natalee Kehaulani Bauer
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 152g