Access to Mathematics: "A Possessive Investment in Whiteness"

Autor/in	Battey, Dan
Titel	Access to Mathematics: "A Possessive Investment in Whiteness"
Quelle	In: Curriculum Inquiry, 43 (2013) 3, S.332-359 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0362-6784
DOI	10.1111/curi.12015
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Education; Whites; Salary Wage Differentials; Racial Differences; Minority Groups; Advanced Placement; Advantaged; Access to Education; Ideology; Social Stratification; Mathematics Curriculum; Models; Racial Bias + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematische Bildung; White; Weißer; Rassenunterschied; Ethnische Minderheit; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Ideologie; Soziale Zusammensetzung; Analogiemodell; Racial discrimination; Rassismus
Abstract	While mathematics education gives access to elite universities, higher-paying jobs, and the accumulation of wealth, it continues to be framed as a neutral curricular domain. However, data continually show differential access provided to students of color and their White peers through tracking, the availability of Advance Placement courses, and counselor referrals. This article frames mathematics education within a broader racial context to show how it functions along the same dominant racial ideologies within society. I analyze national data sets in the United States to calculate the wage-earning differential attributable to differences in mathematics coursework by ethnic/racial groups across three time points: 1982, 1992, and 2004. This analysis projects advantages for Whites due to differential access to mathematics that total in the hundreds of billions of dollars. The article explores one way to see how color-blind ideology and whiteness produce material stratification through the institution of mathematics education. Drawing on the constructs of interest convergence and divergence, the article ends with envisioning ways to enact a more race conscious mathematics curriculum. (Contains 4 tables and 6 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10