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A Faceless Bureaucrat Ponders Special Education, Disability, and White Privilege

The first part of this article critiques categorical approaches to special education, overrepresentation of minority children in special education, inclusion and exclusion, and white privilege. The second part of the article describes the potential of multicultural education, transformation, and participatory leadership approaches to address the issues raised in the critique. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

• Author/Creator: Smith, Anne
• Date Published: Fall
• Journal/Secondary Title: Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH)
• Number: 3
• Volume: 26
• Year: 2001

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Educators
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Multicultural Educational Practices
• Subject: Cultural Awareness
• Subject: Cultural Influences
• Subject: Delivery Systems
• Subject: Educational Discrimination
• Subject: Elementary Secondary Education
• Subject: Inclusive Schools
• Subject: Labeling (of Persons)
• Subject: Minority Group Children
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Special education

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