Youth Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity
Challenging Segregation and Strengthening Diversity
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:19th Jun '24
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Metropolitan Detroit is America's most segregated metropolitan area, but amidst segregation, there is also growing diversity, including increasing populations of African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Latin American descent in some of Detroit's suburbs. While metropolitan areas like Detroit would benefit from discussion of the causes and consequences of these changes, there are few policy, media, or governmental vehicles for this purpose. Young people, on the other hand, are strategically situated to address some of the issues arising in areas that combine segregation and diversity. More than adults, adolescents often hold positive attitudes toward social justice. They want to communicate with people who are different from themselves and collaborate on projects across the segregated boundaries that separate them, if there are opportunities to do so. What are some strategies for increasing youth dialogues on race and ethnicity in metropolitan areas that are becoming simultaneously more segregated and diverse? In Youth Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity, Barry Checkoway describes the work of a specific university-community partnership program: Youth Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity in Metropolitan Detroit. Including an analysis of the program's origins and objectives, activities and accomplishments, facilitating and limiting factors, and lessons learned from practice, Checkoway provides an unprecedented example of young people working together across segregated boundaries to transform their lives and communities. He also examines youth dialogues as a process, young people as change agents, adults as allies and partners, and the anchor institutions that support this work. Indeed, the story is about much more than a single place, and raises larger questions about racial segregation, social diversity, intergroup dialogue, community planning, and metropolitan areas in societies that are changing.
American society needs community leaders who can communicate and collaborate for social justice and equitable education across the segregated boundaries that separate them. Youth Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity offers an example of young people who are working for this purpose and who offer lessons from which others can learn a great deal. * Tonya Allen, President of the McKnight Foundation *
The Youth Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity are a legendary model of youth leadership development and a sustained experiment in building mutual understanding in a deeply segregated and unequal society. This project emerged from theory and prior research on adolescence, community development, and democracy, and it has yielded insights about a wide range of timely topics-from which norms to establish in conversations to how to support adults who work with youth. Barry Checkoway's new book pulls all this learning together into one vivid, accessible, and actionable narrative. At a moment when the quality of our national dialogue is disastrous, Youth Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity offers hope and guidance for anyone who wants to 'make a world that does not exist.' * Peter Levine, Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Tufts University *
What truly sets this book apart is its deep-rooted faith in making a world that does not exist. Checkoway does not merely ask us to envision this world, he meticulously guides us in crafting the very strategies that will bring it to life. This book is a call to action for educators, community leaders, policymakers, and indeed, every single one of us who are embarking on this challenging, yet rewarding journey to dismantle boundaries, embrace diversity, and foster unity. If you want the blueprint for building a more equitable future, this is the book for you. * Desmond Upton Patton, Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor of Social Policy and Communication, University of Pennsylvania *
ISBN: 9780197506868
Dimensions: 147mm x 226mm x 20mm
Weight: 386g
184 pages