This Isn't the America I Thought I'd Find ─ African Students in the Urban U.s. High School

Traore (urban education, U. of North Carolina-Charlotte) and Lukens (Community Legal Services, Philadelphia) demonstrate the dramatic shifts in perception that are possible when an Afrocentric approach is used to encourage dialogue between African and Afro-American students. They focus on community, the spiritual/material connectedness of all things, a circular understanding of history and time, and the existence and importance of the Creator as elements of an Afrocentric worldview that may help students develop better relationships with one another. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rosemary Traore, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in Urban Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Robert J. Lukens, Ph.D., J.D., is Co-Director of the Advocating on Behalf of Children Project at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia, PA.