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The ABCs of Whiteness and Anti-Racism

 
       
   


WHITENESS & ANTI-RACISM IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION
Ninety percent of teachers are white. How should these educators practice anti-racism in their schools and classrooms?

The Ivory Tower
Veteran teacher Dottie Blais asks, and answers: "How does a teacher's whiteness get in the way of successful multicultural education?"

White Teachers at the Crossroads
Dr. Joyce E. King and Gary Howard reflect on how white teachers can help dismantle a legacy of racial domination and injustice.

Diversity vs. White Privilege
Available from Rethinking Schools
In this interview, Christine Sleeter explains why multiculturalism, at its core, must go beyond "appreciation of diversity" and challenge racism.

A Partial and Incomplete Wish List
Law professor Larry Catá Backer, spurred by the misapplication of the term "diversity," offers a wish list of instructions for the mostly white colleagues that surround him.

A Lesson for Teachers: Looking at Privilege
The Civil Rights Memorial Center's new guide, Juliette Hampton Morgan: "A White Woman Who Understood", includes this special activity, designed for use during in-services and other professional development programs for educators.



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Paul Gorski identifies six critical paradigm shifts for white educators. From EdChange's Multicultural Pavilion.




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