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Ranita Ray

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Dr. Ranita Ray is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of New Mexico, where she holds an endowed chair. For 15 years, her award-winning research program has centered on children & youth, education, and gender and racial injustice. She spends long periods of times in places to write about them.

Average rating: 4.1 · 146 ratings · 41 reviews · 3 distinct worksSimilar authors
Slow Violence: Confronting ...

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The Making of a Teenage Ser...

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Slow Violence by Ranita Ray
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Slow Violence by Ranita Ray
"This book is a refreshing take on the state of education in this country. Ray refuses to capitulate to the most popular tropes of teachers and teaching and instead probes at more difficult truths about racism in the classroom. It is haunting, essenti" Read more of this review »
Slow Violence by Ranita Ray
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Slow Violence by Ranita Ray
"Ray becomes an observer in a school in Las Vegas, following a group of children through fourth, fifth, and sixth grade. She expects to continue following them, but the pandemic has other ideas as schools close nationwide. Ray puts a spotlight on how " Read more of this review »
Slow Violence by Ranita Ray
"Really fascinating look and a great reminder to White teachers (such as myself) to be conscious of the "little" things. Would recommend to anyone going into the profession!"
Slow Violence by Ranita Ray
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Slow Violence by Ranita Ray
"Confronting Dark Truths in the American Classroom by Ranita Ray (book cover is in image) exposes how marginalized children in the public school system are impacted by the prejudices and behaviors of those who are charged with caring for them.

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Slow Violence by Ranita Ray
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This memoir is one of the best interrogations of whiteness, class and gender. Davis takes us, through incisive commentary, inside jails and hospitals as she tells the gripping story of her childhood.
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