preserve a racial hierarchy
Whether they admit it or not, this is what teachers are doing every time they choose to blindly follow the canon.
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- Dec 2019
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drive.google.com drive.google.com
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racism embedded in political systems perpetuates racial hierarchies within our societies and schools
This.
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loophole in the Thirteenth Amend-ment that made modern- day slavery possible
Why is this not part of US history classes? It should be equally important to all people, regardless of race.
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Miles notes that Mr. Chamberlain’s defense of slavery is dead wrong, but he keeps his thoughts to himself initially;
As teachers, we should be focused on providing environments where students feel comfortable sharing, even if their opinions contrast our own.
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destroys
I can’t help but think that’s too strong a word.
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mar-ginalizes teachers of color. The canon is not merely a collection of texts. Rather, the canon represents a cul-tural construction of knowledge centered in White-ness that institutions deem superior and essential.
This reminds me of DuBois' double consciosness theory. POC are expected to be well versed in their own culture but also dominant culture, but white people are never expected to have a knowledge of POCs various cultural equivalents.
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Also the ideas of "rigor" and "college ready"
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the canon is a weapon of the colonial project, which perpetuates Eurocentrism and violence against peo-ple of color
It is hard to get people to see this. Especially if they have always identified with what is centered.
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- Nov 2019
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drive.google.com drive.google.com
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white racial identity is unconsciously mediated by stereotypes of people of color.
This reminds me of James Baldwin’s “My Dungeon Shook”. So much of white identity is tied to historical relationships with minorities. It’s object theory.
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only a white problem.”1
This question furthers the idea that white is standard and everything is else substandard.
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