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On Becoming and Being A Critical Black Scholar in Mathematics Education

The Politics of Race and Identity

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Part of the book series: New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education ((NDMS,volume 23))

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Fifteen years ago, William F. Tate (1994) authored a paper titled, From Inner City to Ivory Tower: Does My Voice Matter in the Academy? Building on the work of critical race scholars (Delgado, 1989, 1990; Williams, 1991), and reflecting on his own early schooling and later experiences as a professor in the academy, Tate echoed the call for voice scholarship as one way to explain the experiences of minority scholars.

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  1. College of Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, United States

    Danny Bernard Martin

  2. College of Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, United States

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Martin, D.B., Gholson, M. (2012). On Becoming and Being A Critical Black Scholar in Mathematics Education. In: Skovsmose, O., Skovsmose, O., Greer, B. (eds) Opening the Cage. New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education, vol 23. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-808-7_10

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