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Surviving Becky(s) Cheryl E. Matias

Surviving Becky(s) By Cheryl E. Matias

Surviving Becky(s) by Cheryl E. Matias


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This creative, yet theoretical book merges social science analyses with literary short stories as a way to more effectively teach about the impact of whiteness and gender. Using critical race theory, this book offers both counterstories and anecdotes that explore the dynamics behind race and gender.

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Surviving Becky(s) Summary

Surviving Becky(s): Pedagogies for Deconstructing Whiteness and Gender by Cheryl E. Matias

The infamous rise in characterizations of white women as Becky(s) is a modern phenomenon, different from past characterizations like the Miss Anne types. But just who embodies the Becky? Why is it important to understand, especially with regards to anti-racism and racial justice? Understanding that learning, moreover even discussing, dynamics of race and gender are oftentimes met with discomfort and emotional resistance, this creative, yet theoretical book merges social science analyses with literary short stories as a way to more effectively teach about the impact of whiteness and gender. Additionally, the book includes guiding questions so that readers can critically reflect on the behaviors of Becky(s) and how they impact the hope for racial harmony. Designed specifically for both educational spaces and the larger society, the author, an educational researcher and former classroom teacher, approaches the topic of race and gender, specifically whiteness and white women, in a nuanced manner. By borrowing from traditions found in critical race theory and teacher education, this book offers both counterstories and anecdotes that can help people better understand the dynamics behind race and gender.

Surviving Becky(s) Reviews

Long before the popular aphorism, 'Beckyisms' have been discussed among Scholars of Color. Cheryl E. Matias provides courageous and fierce accounts of the social, political, and emotional trauma too often unleashed by Beckys-who are abundant in all spaces. This book is a mustread to decipher how whiteness operates in our education system and our society.

-- Rebeca Burciaga, San Jose State University

Surviving Becky(s): Pedagogies for Deconstructing Whiteness and Gender is revelatory in content, revolutionary in form. Stories of white supremacy and Beckys are powerful and nuanced-every one an ode to Derrick Bell's Faces at the Bottom of the Well. Their stories, woven with Cheryl E. Matias' unflinching analysis, make this an invaluable read for anyone hoping to more deeply understand the accumulative ravages of racism.

-- Paul Gorski, founder of the Equity Literacy Institute

Long before the popular aphorism, Beckyisms have been shared and discussed among Scholars of Color. In their new volume, editor Cheryl E. Matias and authors provide bold, courageous, and fierce accounts of the social, political, and emotional trauma and terror too often unleashed at the hands of Beckys - who are abundant in all social and professional spaces. Written from multiple perspectives and in different genres, these accounts prove to be woven from the same fabric. Indeed, despite geographic and racial/ethnic differences among the authors, there is a distinct constancy with the pervasive social construction of whiteness generally and Beckys in particular. These pages also contain the authors' rich dialogues around healing and hope. This book is both a must read to decipher our understandings of how whiteness operates in our educational system and our society at large; and serves to validate the experiences of anyone who has ever confronted Beckyisms.

-- Rebeca Burciaga, San Jose State University

About Cheryl E. Matias

Cheryl E. Matias is full professor in the department of curriculum and instruction at the University of Kentucky.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgements

Section 1: Becky(s) as Colonizers

Chapter 1: The Makeover not the Takeover: Surviving the Becky Coup D'Etat, Darryl A. Brice and Derrick R. Brooms

Chapter 2: The Battle of the Elders: Queen Becky and the Table of Elders, Eligio Martinez Jr.

Section 1: Guiding Questions

Section 2: Becky(s) as Weaponized Emotionalities

Chapter 3: The Ultimate Superpower: Surviving Becky's Tears, Erica R. Wallace & Rachel Kline

Chapter 4: Attack of the 50-ft Becky, Kakali Bhattacharya and Paul Maxfield

Section 2: Guiding Questions

Section 3: Becky(s) as Entitlement and Privilege

Chapter 5: The World According to Becky: An Inverse Chronology of Humanity in a Teacher

Preparation Program, Justin P. Jimenez

Chapter 6: This Ain't No Wizard of Oz, Becky!, G. L. Sarcedo

Chapter 7: Surviving Becky in Space, Melva R. Grant

Section 3: Guiding Questions

Section 4: Becky(s) as Terrors

Chapter 8: Nightmare on Black Magic Street: The Reality Of Staying Woke, Rebecca George and Alexanderia Smith

Chapter 9: When you cross a Becky: A Monologue, Scott Farver

Section 4: Guiding Questions

Section 5: Becky(s) as Presumed Experts & Usurped Authority

Chapter 10: Waiting to Excel, Justine Lee and Autumn A. Griffin

Chapter 11: Racism: Becky's Dance Around the Other 'R-Word' in Student Affairs, Nolan L. Cabrera

Section 5: Guiding Questions

Section 6: Becky(s) as Allies? Victims?

Chapter 12: The Guilt of a Becky, Kara Mitchell Viesca

Chapter 13: Aren't I Great!: The Tale of a Self-Presumed Heroic Becky, Kelly E. Demers and Aubrey Scheopner Torres

Chapter 14: White Lady, Korina M. Jocson

Section 6: Guiding Questions

Section 7: Becky(s) as Violent

Chapter 15: Present tense: A Southern Gothic of Schooling, Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

Chapter 16: Slow Death by Becky: Cause, Asphyxiation, Shelby Dawkins-Law

Section 7: Guiding Questions

Section 8: Becky(s) as Manipulators and Gaslighters

Chapter 17: Facing the Becky Within, Socorro Morales

Chapter 18: When Mediocrity Fails to Shine: The Case of Becky the Mad Beckologist and Dejanae the Humanoid, Leta Hooper and Wyletta Gamble-Lomax

Chapter 19: Who is Dr. Farsa?, Luis Fernando Macias

Section 8: Guiding Questions

Conclusion

Additional information

CIN149858764XVG
9781498587648
149858764X
Surviving Becky(s): Pedagogies for Deconstructing Whiteness and Gender by Cheryl E. Matias
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Lexington Books
2021-07-02
326
N/A
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