A good investment?: Philanthropy and the marketing of race in an urban public school

This book examines how urban public schools, particularly those with minority and disadvantaged students, engage in "marketing of race" to secure philanthropic funding. It questions whether competition for financing perpetuates poverty and stereotypes, arguing that the appearance of success and equity through philanthropy can mask and maintain stark inequalities. The author offers a firsthand look at how social change in education is aligned with social entrepreneurship, suggesting that such philanthropic approaches might inadvertently reinforce race and class hierarchies, thereby inhibiting true democracy and justice in education.