TY - BOOK AU - Jaffe-Walter, Reva. TI - Coercive concern: nationalism, liberalism, and the schooling of Muslim youth SN - 9780804798426 U1 - 371.829WAL PY - 2016/// CY - Stanford PB - Stanford University Press KW - Muslim youth--Education--Denmark N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Many liberal-minded Western democracies pride themselves on their commitments to egalitarianism, the fair treatment of immigrants, and the right to education. These environments would seem to provide a best-case scenario for the reception of immigrant youth. But that is not always the case. Coercive Concern explores how stereotypes of Muslim immigrants in Western liberal societies flow through public schools into everyday interactions, informing how Muslim youth are perceived by teachers and peers. Beyond simply identifying the presence of racialized speech in schools, this book uncovers how coercive assimilation is cloaked in benevolent narratives of care and concern ER -