Precis on "Disrupting Apartheid Of Knowledge: Testimonio As Methodology In Latina/O Critical Race Research In Education" (MWP3 #5)

            In the article “Disrupting Apartheid Of Knowledge: Testimonio As Methodology In Latina/O Critical Race Research In Education” by Lindsay Huber, the author claims that current college settings have very strict ‘rules’ of methodology of research that are caused by racial segregation and need to be remedied. The author supports this claim by discussing her Critical Race Theory methodology of qualitative research called ‘Testimonio,’ which utilizes interviews with those who have personally seen issues, and the various benefits that using this qualitative method. The purpose of this article is to present the benefits of qualitative research and its use in Critical Race Theory in order to promote rejecting the current research restrictions at colleges which will allow more useful research to be considered ‘legitimate.’ The audience for this article is a group of people who are educated and interested in Critical Race Theory and racism, because the article is long and the source is not easily found, which implies that the article is not leisurely reading for most and would require more interest in the subject to find the article itself.

Huber, Lindsay Pérez. "Disrupting Apartheid Of Knowledge: Testimonio As Methodology In Latina/O Critical Race Research In Education." International Journal Of Qualitative Studies In Education (QSE) 22.6 (2009): 639-654. Academic Search Premier. Web. 13 Apr. 2012.