Sometimes the most obvious thing goes unnoticed. Often the most obvious and unspoken is gender and first language, as well as dis/ability, but also race. In this article, the students were quoted as saying, "they knew at every moment of their lives that they were not White, but they felt White people did not know they were White."
"When an educator's whiteness is unnamed, it remains in a dominant position, reinforcing that it is the non-color color by which all other colors are measured."
Not only name the race of people of color, but also name the race of the white author, inventor, etc., to normalize the language and not point out just the people of color or women as the "other" or add-ons to the [white] curriculum.
RESOURCES and LESSONS for TEACHING ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE - especially race, ethnicity, and culture. You will find MANY LINKS TO SITES & ARTICLES, BUT ONLY THE FIRST FEW PARAGRAPHS (due to copyright laws), so please press the link to read the articles in their entirety. TO SEARCH, use the "SEARCH BY LABEL OR CATEGORY" section in the right column.
What's this blog about?
I teach several courses under the broad topic of "Multicultural Education," prioritizing social justice issues of access, power/privilege, & narrowing the academic achievement gap. I am a person of color and I almost always have a white co-teacher. We include topics, such as: racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, ethnocentrism, deculturalization, transforming curriculum, etc. This is a place where I post information that we teach; lesson plans for activities; and resources we use and/or which are shared with me by my adult students.
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Priya Parmer & Shirley Steinberg - Locating Yourself for Your Students
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Article/Summary,
Difficult Conversations,
Language,
Race/Racism,
RCID