{"id":7860,"date":"2015-08-31T16:24:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T21:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/?p=7860"},"modified":"2015-08-31T16:24:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T21:24:16","slug":"10-ways-well-meaning-white-teachers-bring-racism-into-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/10-ways-well-meaning-white-teachers-bring-racism-into-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"10 ways well-meaning white teachers bring racism into schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo credit: uvm.edu<\/figcaption><\/figure>I’m blown away by this great list of 10 ways well-meaning white teachers bring racism into schools<\/a>. Number 2 is my favorite:<\/p>\n

2. Being \u2018Race Neutral\u2019 Rather than Culturally Responsive<\/p>\n

In my work with teachers, I sometimes meet teachers who claim that they \u201cdon\u2019t see Color,\u201d both in na\u00efve attempts to be \u201cprogressive\u201d but also in an ill-advised attempt to avoid tracking students based on race\/ethnicity.<\/p>\n

But our students don\u2019t need a \u201crace neutral\u201d approach to their education.<\/p>\n

There is endless research about how students of all races need a culturally responsive education; it\u2019s just that White students who have White teachers are far more likely to receive one.<\/p>\n

Culturally responsive teaching is not just a box that we can check with simple changes to curriculum. Instead, it is a pedagogical shift that all teachers must work to cultivate over the course of a career, one that works its way into every aspect of how we teach.<\/p>\n

Part of culturally responsive teaching also demands that we not simply focus on the races of our students but, instead, turn the lens on our own racial identity.<\/p>\n

Race neutrality lends itself to defensiveness to the ways Whiteness and racism are problematic in our teaching.<\/p>\n

Cultural responsiveness demands that we do the difficult work of exploring a different way of being White, one where we see our liberation as bound up with that of our students and their families.<\/p>\n

What to Do Instead<\/p>\n

Start by reading the amazing literature on culturally responsive teaching, looking to Geneva Gay, Beverly Daniel Tatum, and Gary Howard for starters…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hat tip to Marcella Simadris<\/a> for the great find!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m blown away by this great list of 10 ways well-meaning white teachers bring racism into schools. Number 2 is my favorite: 2. Being \u2018Race Neutral\u2019 Rather than Culturally Responsive In my work with teachers, I sometimes meet teachers who claim that they \u201cdon\u2019t see Color,\u201d both in na\u00efve attempts to be \u201cprogressive\u201d but also … <\/p>\n

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