Going To School In Black And White: A Dual Memoir Of Desegregation
by Cindy Waszak Geary /
2017 / English / EPUB
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The school careers of two teenage girls who lived across town
from each other ––one black, one white–– were altered by a
court-ordered desegregation plan for Durham, NC in 1970. LaHoma
and Cindy both found themselves at the same high school from
different sides of a court-ordered racial “balancing act.” This
plan thrust each of them involuntarily out of their comfort zones
and into new racial landscapes. Their experiences, recounted in
alternating first person narratives, are the embodiment of
desegregation policies, situated in a particular time and place.
Cindy and LaHoma’s intertwining coming of age stories are part of
a bigger story about America, education and race--and about how
the personal relates to the political.
The school careers of two teenage girls who lived across town
from each other ––one black, one white–– were altered by a
court-ordered desegregation plan for Durham, NC in 1970. LaHoma
and Cindy both found themselves at the same high school from
different sides of a court-ordered racial “balancing act.” This
plan thrust each of them involuntarily out of their comfort zones
and into new racial landscapes. Their experiences, recounted in
alternating first person narratives, are the embodiment of
desegregation policies, situated in a particular time and place.
Cindy and LaHoma’s intertwining coming of age stories are part of
a bigger story about America, education and race--and about how
the personal relates to the political.
This dual memoir covers the two women’s life trajectories from
early school days to future careers working in global public
health, challenging gender biases, racial inequities, and health
disparities. LaHoma and Cindy tell their stories aware of the
country's return to
This dual memoir covers the two women’s life trajectories from
early school days to future careers working in global public
health, challenging gender biases, racial inequities, and health
disparities. LaHoma and Cindy tell their stories aware of the
country's return tode facto
de factoschool
segregation, achieved through the long-term dismantling of
policies that initially informed their school assignments. As
adults, they consider the influence of school desegregation on
their current lives and the value of bringing all of us into
conversation about what is lost or gained when children go to
school in black and white.
school
segregation, achieved through the long-term dismantling of
policies that initially informed their school assignments. As
adults, they consider the influence of school desegregation on
their current lives and the value of bringing all of us into
conversation about what is lost or gained when children go to
school in black and white.