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"This is a wonderfully well thought-through and readable book that examines how white people think about race."
–Christine Sleeter, California State University Monterey Bay
"Gary Howard describes in moving and powerful ways the changes and growth that must take place within White educators in order for them to help create caring and humane schools for the new century."
–James A. Banks, Series Editor
"Like Paulo Freire, Gary Howard speaks of his own transformation as a rebirth. . . . The theoretical work he has developed on White identity orientations is groundbreaking."
–From the Foreword by Sonia Nieto
With lively stories and compelling analysis, Gary Howard engages his readers on a journey of personal and professional transformation. From his 25 years of experience as a multicultural educator, he looks deeply into the mirror of his own racial identity to discover what it means to be a culturally competent White teacher in racially diverse schools. Inspired by his extensive travel and collaboration with students and colleagues from many different cultures, We Can’t Teach What We Don’t Know offers a healing vision for the future of education in pluralistic nations.
Gary R. Howard is president and founder of the REACH Center for Multicultural Education in Seattle, Washington.
