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Misinformation and its Discontents

Critical Pedagogy and the Challenges of Islamophobia

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Transforming Urban Education

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In this chapter I examine the ways in which Islamophobia (the fear and hatred of Islam/Muslims) has become reified since 9/11 and I discuss the implications of this for teachers and students. Using a critical pedagogical lens and the work of Paulo Freire, I question how much teachers are encouraged to unpack their assumptions about “others”, think about hierarchies, and question the ways that structural inequity is continually normalized and reproduced.

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  1. The Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA

    Kenneth Tobin

  2. Queens College, City University of New York, USA

    Ashraf Shady

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Ali-Khan, C. (2014). Misinformation and its Discontents. In: Tobin, K., Shady, A. (eds) Transforming Urban Education. Bold Visions in Educational Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-563-2_9

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