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Three tenets of racial literacy development:

Questions assumptions

1. Encourages individuals to question their knowledge about race and to understand that what we think we know is incorrect or incomplete.

Engage in critical conversations

1. Focus on language and how biases and racist attitudes are articulated.

Practice reflexivity

1. Is a process of (re)examing perceptions, beliefs, and actions relating to race.

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The onus is on teacher education programs to lead the change that happens in schools (top-down approach)

·      Teacher candidates have to embody the anti-racist, anti-oppressive and equity focused practices

·      There is a call to move towards a more sustainable change in education

o   The new generation

o   Move away from fancy course titles and move towards more actionable mindsets, practices and pedagogy

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Developing Racial Literacy - Jenna, Neha, Gaby

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Developing Racial Literacy - Jenna, Neha, Gaby

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-Importance of racial literacy vs racial liberalism
-Racial literacy is a theory but also a practiced skill
-Being able to discuss race and racism in constructive ways
-racial literacy calls for self-reflection
-requires familiarity with unconscious bias, unintentional racisms, micro aggressions
-"white dominated society is for members of the dominant racial category to adopt an anti-racist stance and for persons of colour to resist a victim stance"
-developing racial literacy require educators to acknowledge race as a major factor in the inequitable systems present in schools

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Teachers of color are the minority in the workforce which causes challenges for students of color.

Teachers of color can effect their students' learning outcome and success.

Cultural in-congruency can be a roadblock for social success in classrooms.

Create and develop racial literacy programs for teacher candidates.

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Group 2:  The Role of Race in Urban Schools - pg. 282-283

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Group 2:  The Role of Race in Urban Schools - pg. 282-283

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Black and brown youth - educational genocide - equitable education

Decreases opportunities for societal participation

Control and socialize youth of colour - school to prison - rather than giving pedagogical practice for them to empower and achieve success

Challenge for bringing forth teaching and learning for academic greatness = teachers unwilling or unable to engage deeply with their beliefs and examine their behaviour. Towards students of colour and community impact students' learning

Freedom dreaming - being equity but not really

Teachers must self-work on racial literacy development

Develop their own racial literacy

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Kelsey - Six Components of Racial Literacy Development

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Kelsey - Six Components of Racial Literacy Development

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Conversations about race, when done effectively, provide education professionals

with the confidence they need to alter their pedagogy in more culturally responsive and

culturally sustaining ways.

These six components seek to prepare and support educators in their journey to becoming racially literate and eventually taking action to interrupt racism when they see it happening in their schools

and classrooms.