Written over a period of more than two decades, Colour Matters is a collection of essays that shows how race informs the aspirational pursuits of Black youth in the Greater Toronto Area.

Foreword
D. Alissa Trotz

Introduction: Exploring the Social and Educational Experiences of Black Canadian Youth Over Time

1. Historical and Social Context of the Schooling and Education of African Canadians
Response: Complicating Gender and Racial Identities within the Study of Educational History
Funke Aladejebi

2. Generational Differences in Black Students’ School Performance
Response:  It’s the Same with Black British Caribbean Pupils
Shirley Anne Tate

3. "To make a better future": Narrative of a 1.5 Generation Caribbean-Canadian
Response: Using Gender to Think Through Migration, Love, and Student Success
Amoaba Gooden

4. Students "at risk": Stereotypes and the Schooling of Black Boys
Response: Black Lives Matter in the USA and Canada
Joyce E. King

5. More than Brains and Hard Work: The Aspirations and Career Trajectories of Two Young Black Men
Response: What Folks Don’t Get: Race and Class Matter
Annette M. Henry

6. Class, Race, and Schooling in the Performance of Black Male Athleticism
Response: Basketball’s Black Creative Labour and the Mitigation of Anti-Black Schooling
Mark V. Campbell

7. Troubling Role Models: Seeing Racialization in the Discourse Relating to "Corrective Agents" for Black Males
Response: Black Role Models and Mentorship Under Racial Capitalism
Sam Tecle

8. "Up to No Good": Black on the Streets and Encountering Police
Response: It Could Have Been Written Today: A Montrealer’s Reflection
Adelle Blackett

9. "Colour Matters": Suburban Life as Social Mobility and its High Cost for Black Youth
Response: Respectability Politics and the Search for Upward Mobility in Canada
Andrea A. Davis

10. Toward Equity in Education for Black Students
Response: "I will treat all my students with respect": The Limits to Good Intentions
Leanne Taylor

Epilogue
Michele A. Johnson

Acknowledgements

Biographies of Contributors/Respondents

Carl E. James is a professor in the Faculty of Education at York University.