Critical Race Counterstories along the Chicana/Chicano Educational Pipeline [Hardcover]

Chicanas/os are part of the youngest, largest, and fastest growing racial/ethnic 'minority' population in the United States, yet at every schooling level, they suffer the lowest educational outcomes of any racial/ethnic group. Using a 'counterstorytelling' methodology, Tara Yosso debunks racialized myths that blame the victims for these unequal educational outcomes and redirects our focus toward historical patterns of institutional neglect. She artfully interweaves empirical data and theoretical arguments with engaging narratives that expose and analyse racism as it functions to limit access and opportunity for Chicana/o students. By humanising the need to transform our educational system, Yosso offers an accessible tool for teaching and learning about the problems and possibilities present along the Chicano/a educational pipeline.Tara Yosso is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

The perfect combination of empiricism, qualitative analysis, and literature. Engaged scholarship at its best. -- Richard Delgado, Distinguished Professor of Law & Derrick Bell Fellow, University of Pittsburgh
Tara Yosso is a prolific contributor to the path-breaking area of critical race theory in education, and is both a rigorous scholar and powerful storyteller. Her critical race counterstories are grounded in wide-ranging data, and challenge us to consider race, class, gender, language, and immigration status in relationship to the schooling of Chicanas/Chicanos. This book represents provocative, insightful, and accessible scholarship from which students, educators, and educational researchers have much to gain. -- Dolores Delgado Bernal, Associate Professor of Education and Ethnic Studies, University of Utah

This is an outstanding contribution to the growing scholarship on Chicana/o education. Yosso skillfully provideslƒƒ