Education and White Supremacy

Education and White Supremacy examines racialized identity, white supremacy, and settler colonialism in relation to schooling, exploring alternative approaches to foster equity and justice.

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  • Become familiar with the histories and current lives of people who are considered racial, ethnic, religious, linguistic, geographic, cultural, etc. minorities; and in so doing, demonstrate self-awareness and empathy towards the cultural perspectives and experiences of minoritized people.

  • Understand the historical underpinnings of white supremacy, colonialism, and racism, and how these concepts shape past and present racialized knowledge claims and cultural assumptions, and shape present-day schooling in the U.S. and around the world.

  • Interrogate the question of how to respond effectively to dismantling white supremacy, particularly in schools.

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Provides an overview of the construction of racialized identity in the US and around the world. Examines the relationship between race, ethnicity, and white supremacy as social constructions and connects this to historical and current models of schooling. Explores the concept of settler colonialism and introduces its history in the US and in Wisconsin. Fosters understanding of white supremacy and of formal schooling as national systems that often work to reinforce one another, and of alternative approaches to schooling and society that can foster equity and justice.

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Topics

  • Construction of racialized identity in the US and globally.
  • Relationship between race, ethnicity, white supremacy, and models of schooling.
  • Settler colonialism and its history in the US and Wisconsin.
  • White supremacy, formal schooling as reinforcing systems, and alternative approaches for equity and justice.

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  • Demonstrate self-awareness and empathy towards the cultural perspectives and experiences of minoritized people.
  • Interrogate effective responses to dismantling white supremacy, particularly in schools.

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