Antiracist pedagogy is a holistic approach that goes beyond implementing inclusive teaching methods to tackle the structures that produce and reproduce racial inequalities.
“The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify it and describe it – and then dismantle it.” –Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist (2019)
Anti-Racist Pedagogy: Process for Action
This resource presents five actions for developing an anti-racist pedagogical practice; these actions illustrate themes distilled from the literature on anti-racist pedagogy.
Equity in Education and Society
Diminishing defensiveness in anti-racist discourse: Common pushbacks to online anti-racism content and suggestions for strategic maneuvers
White Fragility: Why its so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism - by Dr. Robin DiAngelo
Antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility. Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue.
How to Be an Antiracist - by Ibram X. Kendi
Antiracism is a transformative concept that reorients and reenergizes the conversation about racism—and, even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other.
PODCASTS
Seeing White: A Scene On Radio Podcast - hosted by John Biewen
Unending racial inequity in schools, housing, criminal justice, and hiring. Some of this feels new, but in truth it’s an old story. Why? Where did the notion of “whiteness” come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for? Scene on Radio host and producer John Biewen took a deep dive into these questions, along with an array of leading scholars and regular guest Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika
