Savage Inequalities and the Discourse of Risk: What of the White Children Who Have So Much Green Grass?

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Mary Smith Arnold

Mary Smith Arnold is assistant professor of counseling and human development at Kent State University, with an emphasis in community counseling. She teaches marriage and family courses, and has conducted research with urban African‐American families, with a focus on how mothers fortify children to thrive academically and socially. She is co‐editing a book based on the work of the Iowa City Women Against Racism committee. Mary Arnold and Beth Blue Swadener work together on an Institute for Education that is Multicultural, and co‐facilitate unlearning oppression workshops. (Correspondence: Counseling and Human Development, Room 310 White Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242)

Beth Blue Swadener

Beth Blue Swadener is associate professor of early childhood education at Kent State University, and has conducted qualitative research on anti‐bias and full inclusion education with young children, and has done research in Africa. Her publications focus on cultural diversity, collaborative research, and social policy, emphasizing parent empowerment and deconstruction of the rhetoric of risk. She edited, with Shirley Kessler, Reconceptualizing the Early Childhood Curriculum, and Children and Families “At Promise”: The Social Construction of Risk, with Sally Lubeck. (Correspondence: Teacher Development and Curriculum Studies, Room 401 White Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242)