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How high school girls perpetuate social spaces of racism, misogyny, and gender stereotyping despite their best intentions

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In this multifaceted analysis, Thomas accomplishes a genuine assessment of the limited possibilities for addressing the realities of race, ethnicity, and poverty in urban schools using the current multicultural framework. Choice, June 2012

Given the institutionalization of multiculturalism, racialized school violence continues to baffle teachers, parents, and researchers alike. In Multicultural Girlhood, Mary Thomas addresses the question raised by the schoolgirls in her study: 'Why can't we just get along?' Her provocative answer draws attention to the investment that we all have in hierarchies of difference. This book is a must read for anyone concerned about the limitations of current multicultural policies and practices. <br>--Dawn H. Currie, Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia

""In this multifaceted analysis, Thomas accomplishes a genuine assessment of the limited possibilities for addressing the realities of race, ethnicity, and poverty in urban schools using the current multicultural framework."" - Choice, June 2012 ""In this carefully crafted and theoretically sophisticated study, Mary E. Thomas offers a much-needed critique of the limitations of multiculturalism to fight racism, sexism, misogyny, and violence in schools... The innovative analyses offered from this study herald the centrality of new work by new theorists... Thomas adds an exceptional and provocative study to our research on the politics in the urban U.S. schoolyard setting."" - Contemporary Sociology

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Mary E. Thomas is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Geography and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Ohio State University.

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