Contents -- Foreword: Exploring a Transformative Multiculturalism Justice in a Zeitgeist of Despair -- Preface -- Introduction: Cultural Transitions and Curricular Transformations -- 1 Silenced Voices: Case of Racial and Cultural Intolerance in the Schools -- 2 Redefining School Culture: Creating New Traditions for Bicultural Students -- 3 Issues of Class and Race in Education: Personal Narrative -- 4 Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge: The Geography of Social and Cultural Transitions -- 5 An Ecological Perspective on Preparing Teachers for Multicultural Classrooms -- 6 Facing the Terror Within: Exploring the Personal in Multicultural Education -- 7 Transforming the Dekcit Narrative: Race, Class, and Social Capital in Parenty School Relations -- 8 The Path to Academic Disability: Javier's School Experience -- Conclusion: Re4ections on Collective Identities -- Further Readings -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.