Are you an antiracist educator?
/What is Antiracism?
Anti-racism is the “active process of identifying and eliminating racism by changing systems, organizational structures, policies and practices and attitudes, so that power is redistributed and shared equitably” (National Action Committee on the Status of Women International Perspectives: Women and Global Solidarity).
Antiracism In Schools
Being a culturally responsive educator allows you to value the diversity around you and becoming an antiracist educator propels you to fight against policies and practices that make it challenging for you and others to be your authentic self in an environment free from white supremacist culture.
Consider everything from the curriculum you teach, the school events you hold. who makes decisions, and hiring practices. do they reflect a commitment to antiracism or do they uphold white supremacist culture?
Becoming an Antiracist Educator: As A White Person
Adapted from the Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese Singh, Ph.D., LPC
Taking responsibility for your power and privilege
Acknowledge your feelings about multiculturalism
Cultivate a desire to learn from diverse perspectives and grow your ability to support others from across lines of difference
Actively challenge practices and policies that uphold white supremacist culture
Becoming an Antiracist Educator: As a Black, Indigenous, and Person of Color
Adapted from the Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese Singh, Ph.D., LPC
Recognizing class differences between different people of color based on their proximity to whiteness
Understand all people of color are struggling in some way under White supremacy
Challenge internalized White supremacy (i.e. respectability politics, myth of the model minority, etc.)
Actively challenge practices and policies that uphold white supremacist culture