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- Title
Tending to the Heart of Communities of Color: Towards Critical Race Teacher Activism.
- Authors
Matias, Cheryl E.; Liou, Daniel D.
- Abstract
Critical Race Theory and Critical Whiteness Studies assert colorblindness flourishes when most urban teachers who are White feel emotionally uncomfortable to engage in dynamics of race in the classroom. Colorblind ideology distorts urban teaching because it presumes (a) many White teachers are missionaries trained to save and (b) urban schools are pathological deficits that need to be saved. We propose a community of color epistemological approach that draws from emotional strengths found inside urban communities of color and supports the pedagogical and emotional investment needed to (a) operate critical race activism inside urban classrooms and (b) disrupt the normalcy of Whiteness in schools. We present a counterstory of how one urban teacher engaged in critical race teacher activism.
- Subjects
CRITICAL race theory; URBAN education; TEACHER education; COMMUNITY coordination; SCIENTIFIC community; PLANNED communities; COMMUNITY-based special education
- Publication
Urban Education, 2015, Vol 50, Issue 5, p601
- ISSN
0042-0859
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0042085913519338