In this collection of voices, one hears stories and discussions grounded in the ideas of one of the most influential teachers and thinkers of our time. The Freirean Legacy offers the reader an opportunity to consider the work of Paulo Freire in terms of three significant perspectives. Michael Apple, Joe Kincheloe, and Ana Maria Araújo (Nita) Freire are among those who share insights and understandings resulting from firsthand experiences with Freire. The theoretical insights into his work and ideas are brought forth in pieces by Peter McLaren, Judith J. Slater, and others. Finally, this book concludes with interpretations of Freire's teachings as applied to praxis by several authors, including Stephen M. Fain and Cesar A. Rossatto. This anthology will serve the initiate well in getting to know Paulo Freire, while at the same time providing the sophisticated scholar with an opportunity to advance the conversation and continue the dialogue. Preface: The Freirian Legacy ix Michael W. Apple Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1(4) THE PERSONAL 5(30) Paulo Freire and the Untested Feasibility 7(8) Ana Maria Araujo Freire A Legacy of Paulo Freire: A Conversation 15(12) Joe L. Kincheloe Shirley R. Steinberg Paulo Freire: The Man, His Work, and His Character 27(8) Veronica Gesser THE THEORETICAL 35(92) Freire, Marx, and the New Imperialism: Toward a Revolutionary Praxis 37(20) Peter McLaren Ramin Farahmandpur Limitations of the Public Space: Habitus and Worldlessness 57(16) Judith J. Slater Negotiating Communities of Meaning in Theory and Practice: Rereading Pedagogy of the Oppressed as Direct Dialogic Encounter 73(22) Gerard Huiskamp Idle Hands are the Devil's Workshop: A History of American Child Labor and Compulsory Education; Emancipation or Reconstituted Oppression? 95(9) Jill L. Haunold Wake Up, Neo: White Identity, Hegemony, and Consciousness in The Matrix 104(23) Ricky Lee Allen THE PRACTICAL 127(94) The Quest for Authentic Engagement 129(10) Stephen M. Fain Interrupting Racial Profiling: Moving Pre-Service Teachers from White Identity to Equity Pedagogy 139(18) Wendy W. Brandon Critical Pedagogy Applied Praxis: A Freirean Interdisciplinary Project and Grassroot Social Movement 157(15) Cesar A. Rossatto Praxis and Teacher Visions of Socially Just School Reform 172(12) Laureen A. Fregeau Robert D. Leier Community Dialogue: A Tool for Social Engagement and Class Awareness 184(14) Dawn Emerson Addy Elements of Education: Critical Pedagogy and the Community College 198(9) Charles Reitz We Know What's Best for You: Silencing of People of Color 207(14) Arisve Esquivel Karla Lewis Dalia Rodriguez David Stovall Tyrone Williams Contributors 221(4) Index 225