Digging Deeper into Inquiry: Educating Myself
I introduced the beginning of my inquiry journey in my last post. I knew the first step educating myself. One of the most foundational lessons I learned was to recognize my Whiteness and the privilege that follows. I can no longer pretend that race doesn't matter. Yes, I used to be one of those who said, "I don't care if kids are Black, Brown, pink or purple, I love them all." I've come to understand just how problematic this kind of thinking is.
I now understand that by
ignoring racial diversity, I am
normalizing Whiteness. Remaining silent about race does more harm than
good. We know from the work of Beverly Tatum in Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria, that all of
us unknowingly form biases about different social groups based on our
upbringing and social experiences. These
beliefs affect the way we think and act toward others. What I am seeing now as a teacher is that if
I don’t talk about issues around race, religion, sexual orientation or gender,
children don’t know there are other perspectives different from their own. I used to be afraid to bring up these topics because I worried
about offending someone or receiving parental backlash, but now I know it is
essential. Teachers have the
responsibility to address these issues because they are important. We need to have conversations. We need to read diverse literature to all of
our students, not just our students of color. We need to help our students
recognize multiple perspectives and points of view so that they all feel
included and valued in our school. I began to ask myself where I fit into
confronting this issue. “How do I, a White middle class woman, use culturally
relevant teaching to help students build understanding and empathy for others,
appreciate differences, and recognize others’ struggles and perspectives?
My first steps? Educating myself. I found people to follow on Twitter. I read and read some more...
scholars, teachers, parents. I reflected on my own upbringing and the biases I am living with. It's a
journey that humbles me, especially when I admit to the mistakes I've made. I have a responsibility to do my part in fighting against bias, both implicit and explicit. I want to know better and do better as a fellow human being.
scholars, teachers, parents. I reflected on my own upbringing and the biases I am living with. It's a
journey that humbles me, especially when I admit to the mistakes I've made. I have a responsibility to do my part in fighting against bias, both implicit and explicit. I want to know better and do better as a fellow human being.
Professional/Personal Reading, Audio, and Video:
These are some of the resources I've used (or am using) to educate myself on talking about race and culturally relevant pedagogy.
- Moving Beyond Colorblindness in Early Childhood Classrooms by Gloria Swindler Boutte, Julia Lopez-Robertson, and Elizabeth Powers-Costello This article from Early Childhood Education Journal encourages early childhood education teachers to talk to their students about race and colorblindness. It explores the work done in a second grade classroom around anti-bias education during literacy discussions. There are some great examples of student work as well as instructional practices. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-011-0457-x
- Waking Up White by Debbie Irving is the memoir of Debbie Irving, a middle-class White woman who grew up in New England. It chronicles her own journey in understanding her Whiteness and her own implicit biases. She is honest and vulnerable in this book. I actually saw myself in her story quite a bit.
- So You Want to Talk About Race: When a Book Calls You Out This blog post by Kelly Konrad was another wake up call to White privilege. She, like me would never call herself a racist, but after reading So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijoema Oluo, forced her to examine the privileges that come with being White, able bodied, employed etc. This book has given me many new insights.
- Interview with Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop by Reading Rockets is full of information about multicultural literature, the need for diverse books in our classrooms, and the importance of digging deep into cultural and racial discussions. As is always true with Reading Rockets, there are resources for teachers to use in their classrooms.
- Danger of the Single Story is the compelling Ted Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In this speech, she discusses the importance of understanding others' stories in order avoid cultural misunderstandings. None of us is a single story.
- No More Culturally Irrelevant Teaching (Not This But That series) by Mariana Souto-Manning et al. I read this book last summer and it has been extremely helpful in my teaching this school year. The first half is dedicated to Souto-Manning's academic work in culturally relevant pedagogy. The second half contains classroom examples of teachers who are doing this work with kids every day. It's a book that you can read quickly and have several ideas to try in your room right away.
- Rethinking Schools is a magazine I subscribe to. The articles focus on social justice issues. The articles, written mostly by teacher practitioners examine hard topics and face them head on.
- Teaching Tolerance This website is full of lesson plan ideas for social justice issues. In addition, their magazine is free to all. You just need to subscribe. I get a lot of good ideas here.
- What if All the Kids Are White?: Anti-Bias Multicultural Education with Young Children and Families by Louise Derman-Sparks and Patricia Ramsey.
Blogs/Websites for Teachers and Parents
These are blogs and websites I go to regularly for information about culturally responsive and anti-racist teaching as well as book ideas. I hope they will be helpful for you.
- Teaching While White is a new website that features a regular podcast, resources, and blog. I LOVE this site.
- Reading While White
- American Indians in Children's Literature
- Mirrors Windows Doors: Celebrating Diversity in a Whole World of Children's and YA Literature
- Heise Reads and Recommends
- Teaching For Change: Building Social Justice Starting in the Classroom
Building My PLN
I have added new people to my PLN on Twitter. I've learned so much from following them and participating in different Twitter chats.
- @ValeriaBrownEdu
- @Sonja Cherry-Paul
- @debreese
- @CarlaShalaby
- @TriciaEbarvia
- @TchKimPossible
- @ChrisEmdin
- @jess5th
- @ShanaVWhite
- @lburkins
- @MisterMinor
Please add to the conversation. Are there resources you've found to be helpful? My next post will focus on resources to share with children and activities I've tried in my classroom.
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