The myth versus the reality of race and racism. Rebirth of the indigenous spirit: turning the world right side up / Rose Borunda -- Reading, writing, and racism : developing racial literacy in the adult education English classroom / Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz -- Experiencing the race, gender, and socioeconomic divide in academia : a Chicana perspective / Raquel A. Gonzáles and Maria Mejorado -- Transforming learning and teaching : teaching race / Nichole M. Ray -- "Who is this cowboy?" : challenging the cultural gatekeepers / Lesley Ngatai -- Healing: a journey through conversations on race and gender -- Problematizing "whiteness," supremacy, and privilege : their impact on race -- White whispers : talking about race in adult education / Lisa M. Baumgartner -- Transforming white consciousness / Doug Paxton -- Adult education and the problem of the color (power) line : views from the whiter side / Elaine Manglitz and Ronald M. Cervero -- Developing capacity to communicate about race with critical humility / European-American Collaborative Challenging Whiteness -- Struggling: a journey of comfort and discomfort -- An exploration of critical race theory / Rosemary B. Closson -- Musings on controversial intersections of positionality : a queer crit perspective in adult and continuing education / Mitsunori Misawa -- Challenging racism through postcolonial discourse : a critical approach to adult education pedagogy / Mary V. Alfred -- Black skins, no mask / Taj Johns -- Immigration, racial identity, and adult education : reflections on a transnational paradigm of resistance/ Luis Kong -- A river runs through it : building bridges across racial divisions in urban graduate education / Catherine H. Monaghan and Catherine A. Hansman -- Looking inward : a journey through dialogue and reflections on race -- Reframing the field through the lens of race -- Mammies, maids, and mamas : the unspoken language of perceptual and verbal racism / Doris A. Flowers -- The race card / Barbara Ford -- Expanding the racialized discourse : an Asian American perspective / Ming-yeh Lee -- Challenges and approaches to racializing discourse in a privileged, white-dominant society / LaJerne Terry Cornish -- Using an African-centered paradigm for understanding race and racism in adult education / Derise E. Tolliver -- Inpowering the self : a journey towards ending racism -- Individual and collective responses to race and racism -- Epilogue: implications for curriculum, programming, and research / Scipio A.J. Colin III ... [et al].