Teacher's Guide for in the Shadow of Race: Growing Up As a Multiethnic Multicultural and Multiracial American

<p>This Teacher's Guide accompanies In the Shadow of Race: Growing Up as a Multiethnic Multicultural and Multiracial American by Teja Arboleda. It has a twofold purpose. First it facilitates K-12 and university faculty in situating Arboleda's book within the fields of race relations multicultural education and related disciplines. Second it is intended to critique and problematize the book's content so that it can be used to stimulate critical thought debate and action oriented toward increasing social justice among its readers both inside and outside of the classroom. To facilitate use of In the Shadow of Race as a course text topics for discussion included in this Teacher's Guide include the social construction of race; racial separatism versus diversity; racial ethnic and cultural identity development; the politics of racial categorization; mixed race peoples; cultural identity vs. identity by heritage; the concept of a cultural home; and changing identities within cultures.</p><p>The Teacher's Guide is free to college faculty who adopt Arboleda's <i>In the Shadow of Race</i>.</p>