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- Title
EXAMINING WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW ABOUT RACE: TEACHING RACIAL FORMATION THEORY and HEART OF DARKNESS AT AN HBCU.
- Authors
Wheaton, Deidre L.
- Abstract
Scholarship on the importance of teaching students about race, ethnicity, and diversity is by now quite common. Perhaps most prevalent in the body of literature are articles and books that emphasize the challenge of teaching race and ethnicity in predominantly white institutions. In this article, the author shines light on a gap in the literature, and posits that there is not enough available research on the necessity and challenges of teaching race in a predominantly African American university. Using anecdotal and teaching experiences as a point of departure, the author contends that one way to engage African American students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in critical conversations about race and racism is to introduce them to the language of racial formation theory in their required literature courses.
- Subjects
RACE; HIGHER education; STUDY &; teaching of ethnicity; RACIAL formation theory; HISTORICALLY Black colleges &; universities; AFRICAN American students
- Publication
Researcher: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014, Vol 27, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0271-5058
- Publication type
Article