A review by kbryfogle
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education by Christopher Emdin

4.0

This book is full of interesting and sometimes wild ideas that seem hard to enact in the classroom given some school cultures / subject areas / age groups. With that being said, I think any teacher can find something in this book to appreciate and ruminate on, whether they are a white person who teaches in an urban setting or not. The book would definitely benefit from a multimedia add-on that allows the reader to see some of the proposed practices in action. Additionally, coming to terms with Emdin referring to students as neoindigenous is a bit of a mind hurdle. Overall, an dense but digestible read that is very useful and helpful to have in one’s toolkit.